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Penalty Units and Other Penalties Act 1987
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[Section 7A Inserted by No. 12 of 2015, s. 6, Applied:19 May 2015]
(1) In this section –
amending Act means the Penalty Units and Other Penalties Amendment Act 2015;
2015 financial year means the financial year commencing on 1 July 2015.
(2) On and after the day on which the amending Act commences, the Penalty Units and Other Penalties Order 2014 –
(a) is taken to be a notice published under section 4A(4) ; and
(b) remains in effect until a subsequent notice is published under that section.
(3) Despite section 4A(4) and (5) , if the amending Act commences on or after 1 June 2015 –
(a) the Minister is to publish in the Gazette notice of the value of a penalty unit for such period of the 2015 financial year as remains after the commencement of that Act; and
(b) the value of a penalty unit as specified in that notice takes effect 28 days after that notice is published under paragraph (a) .