86Application of Infringements Act 2006 or Fines Reform Act 2014 procedure

86 Application of Infringements Act 2006 or Fines Reform Act 2014 procedure

S. 86(1) substituted by No. 4/2000 s. 8(1), amended by Nos 21/2005 s. 58(1)(b), 32/2006 s. 85(4)(a), 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 26.1(a)), 47/2014 s. 284(2).

(1) The procedure set out in the Infringements Act 2006 or the Fines Reform Act 2014 or in Schedule 3 to the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 may be used instead of commencing a proceeding against—

(a) a person for an offence against section 73(1) of this Act; or

S. 86(1)(b) amended by No. 70/2016 s. 45.

(b) a relevant agency (other than the enforcement agency) for an offence against section 92(1) or (3) of this Act.

S. 86(2) amended by Nos 21/2005 s. 58(1)(c), 32/2006 s. 85(4)(b), 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 26.1(b)), 47/2014 s. 284(3).

(2) The Infringements Act 2006, the Fines Reform Act 2014 or the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005, as the case may be, as modified by subsection (4), applies for the purposes of subsection (1).

S. 86(3) amended by No. 4/2000 s. 8(2), substituted by No. 32/2006 s. 85(5), repealed by No. 47/2014 s. 284(4).

S. 86(4) inserted by No. 21/2005 s. 58(2), amended by No. 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 26.1(c)(i)).

(4) The Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 applies as if—

S. 86(4)(a) amended by No. 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 26.1 (c)(ii)).

(a) an infringement notice under this Part were an infringement notice within the meaning of Schedule 3 to that Act;

(b) an offence referred to in subsection (1) were a prescribed offence within the meaning of that Schedule;

(c) the prescribed penalty for the offence stated in the infringement notice were the infringement penalty for the purposes of that Schedule.