167Infringement notices

167 Infringement notices

(1)  In this section –

infringement offence means an offence against this Act or the regulations that is prescribed by the regulations to be an infringement offence.

(2)  The Board may authorise a person to issue and serve infringement notices for the purposes of this Act.

(3)  A person authorised by the Board under subsection (2) may issue and serve an infringement notice on a person if he or she reasonably believes that the person has committed an infringement offence.

(4)  An infringement notice –

(a) is to be in accordance with section 14 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ; and

(b) is not to relate to more than 3 offences.

(5)  [Section 167 Subsection (5) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019] Any payments received in respect of an infringement notice are payable into the Public Account.

(6)  The regulations –

(a) may prescribe, for infringement offences, the penalties payable under infringement notices; and

(b) may prescribe different penalties for bodies corporate and individuals.