Public Places and Local Government Property Local Law 2022
Div 1of Part 9 of the Act applies to a decision under this local law in respect of the grant, renewal,
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Division 1 of Part 9 of the Act applies to a decision under this local law in respect of the grant, renewal, transfer, amendment, suspension or cancellation of a licence or consent. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 13.1 Offences and general penalty (1) A person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who does anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence. (2) A person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued. 13.2 Prescribed offences (1) An offence against a clause specified in Schedule 1 is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section 9.16(1) of the Act. (2) The amount of a modified penalty for a prescribed offence is the number specified adjacent to the clause in Schedule 1. 13.3 Form of notices (1) For the purposes of this local law— (a) where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; (b) the form of the infringement notice given under section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and (c) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996. (2) Where an infringement notice is given under section 9.16 of the Act in respect of an alleged offence against clause 2.4, the notice is to contain a description of the alleged offence. 13.4 Evidence of a determination (1) In any legal proceedings, evidence of a determination may be given by tendering the register referred to in clause 2.5 or a certified copy of an extract from the register. (2) Unless the contrary is proved, it is to be presumed that the determination was properly made and that every requirement for it to be made and have effect has been satisfied. (3) Subclause (2) does not make valid a determination that has not been properly made. ———— SCHEDULE 1—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES [clause.13.2] $