99Penalty notice offences and penalties

99 Penalty notice offences and penalties

99 Penalty notice offences and penalties

(Former clause 80 of 2010 Reg)

(1) For the purposes of section 378K of the Act—

(a) each offence created by a provision specified in Column 1 of Schedule 10 is an offence for which a penalty notice may be served, and

(b) the penalty prescribed for each such offence is—

(i) in the case of an offence committed by an individual—the amount specified opposite the provision in Column 2 of the Schedule, or

(ii) in the case of an offence committed by a corporation—the amount specified opposite the provision in Column 3 of the Schedule.

(2) If the reference to a provision in Column 1 of Schedule 10 is qualified by words that restrict its operation to specified kinds of offences, an offence created by the provision is a prescribed offence only if it is an offence of a kind so specified or committed in the circumstances so specified.

(3) The following persons are declared to be penalty notice officers for the purposes of section 378K (9) of the Act—

(a) the Secretary,

(b) an inspector.