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Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Workers
Compensation Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2006
SL2006-20
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Republication No 6
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Republication date: 13 December 2017
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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2006, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made
under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 13 December 2017.
It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law
to 13 December 2017.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
Kinds of republications
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ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
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amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made
by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).
The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law
into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law
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Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M
appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears
in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for
an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Workers
Compensation Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2006
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Contents
Page
1 Name of regulation 2
3 Purpose of regulation 2
4 Dictionary 2
5 Notes 2
6 Administering authority 3
7 Infringement notice offences 3
8 Infringement notice penalties 3
9 Contents of infringement notices—other information 3
10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4
Contents
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11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4
12 Costs if liability disputed 4
13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4
Schedule 1 Workers Compensation Act infringement
notice offences and penalties 5
Dictionary 7
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 8
2 Abbreviation key 8
3 Legislation history 9
4 Amendment history 10
5 Earlier republications 11
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Magistrates Court (Workers
Compensation Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2006
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Section 1
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation
Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006.
3 Purpose of regulation
The purpose of this regulation is to provide for infringement notices
under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences
against the Workers Compensation Act.
Note The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of
infringement notices for offences against various Acts. The
infringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to
prosecution.
4 Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in
this regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other
terms defined elsewhere.
For example, the signpost definition ‘inspector—see the Workers
Compensation Act, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘inspector’ is
defined in that dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.
Note 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to
the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the
regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise
appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
5 Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of
this regulation.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of
notes.
Section 6
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6 Administering authority
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence
against the Workers Compensation Act is the director-general for
the Workers Compensation Act.
7 Infringement notice offences
The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence
under the Workers Compensation Act mentioned in schedule 1 for
which an infringement penalty is provided in column 4 of the item
applying to the offence.
8 Infringement notice penalties
(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the
Workers Compensation Act, under an infringement notice for the
offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the
offence.
(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the
Workers Compensation Act, under an infringement notice for the
offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4
for the offence.
(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice
offence against the Workers Compensation Act is $34.
9 Contents of infringement notices—other information
(1) An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised
person for an infringement notice offence against the Workers
Compensation Act must include the company’s ACN.
Note The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement
under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).
(2) In this section:
company means a company registered under the Corporations Act.
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person
An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person
for an infringement notice offence against the Workers
Compensation Act must identify the authorised person by—
(a) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
(b) any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised
person by the administering authority.
11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised
person
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an
infringement notice offence against the Workers Compensation Act
must identify the authorised person by—
(a) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
(b) any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised
person by the administering authority.
12 Costs if liability disputed
The cost of beginning a proceeding is $200.
13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences
An inspector may serve the following:
(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence
against the Workers Compensation Act;
(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against
the Workers Compensation Act.
Note For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.
Schedule 1 Workers Compensation Act infringement notice offences and penalties
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column 1
item
column 2
offence provision, and if
relevant, case
column 3
offence penalty
(penalty units)
column 4
infringement
penalty ($)
20 161 (1), if authorised person
under s 161 is inspector
50 1 500
21 164 (6) 50 1 500
22 176 (1) 50 1 500
23 178 (2) 10 300
24 178 (4) 10 300
25 190 (3) 50 1 500
Dictionary
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Dictionary
(see s 4)
Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to
this regulation.
Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
corporation
Corporations Act
individual.
Note 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in
the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For
example, the following terms are defined in the Magistrates Court
Act 1930, dict:
administering authority
authorised person
infringement notice
infringement notice offence
reminder notice.
inspector—see the Workers Compensation Act, dictionary.
Workers Compensation Act means the Workers Compensation
Act 1951.
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished
law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The
details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced
expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Endnotes
Legislation history 3
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3 Legislation history
Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement Notices)
Regulation 2006 SL2006-20
notified LR 25 May 2006
s 1, s 2 commenced 25 May 2006 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 1 July 2006 (s 2 and see Workers
Compensation Amendment Act 2006 A2006-4 s 2 (2))
as amended by
Occupational Health and Safety (Regulatory Services) Legislation
Amendment Act 2007 A2007-37 sch 2 pt 2.3
notified LR 22 November 2007
s 1, s 2 commenced 22 November 2007 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 2 pt 2.3 commenced 23 November 2007 (s 2)
Magistrates Court (Workers Compensation Infringement Notices)
Amendment Regulation 2011 (No 1) SL2011-13
notified LR 26 May 2011
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 May 2011 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 27 May 2011 (s 2)
Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2011 A2011-22 sch 1 pt 1.111
notified LR 30 June 2011
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2011 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.111 commenced 1 July 2011 (s 2 (1))
Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.43
notified LR 27 May 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.43 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)
Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-49 sch 1
notified LR 12 December 2017
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2017 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 1 commenced 13 December 2017 (s 2 (2))
Endnotes
4 Amendment history
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4 Amendment history
Commencement
s 2 om LA s 89 (4)
Administering authority
s 6 am A2007-37 amdt 2.6; A2011-22 amdt 1.329
Authorised people for infringement notice offences
s 13 am A2015-15 amdt 3.143, amdt 3.144
Workers Compensation Act infringement notice offences and penalties
sch 1 table sub SL2011-13 s 4
sub A2017-49 amdt 1.1
Dictionary
dict am A2007-37 amdt 2.7
def commissioner om A2007-37 amdt 2.8