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### 55 Infringement notices
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> > > ***infringement offence*** means an offence against this Act or the regulations that is prescribed by the regulations to be an infringement offence.
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> > (2) The Registrar may issue and serve an infringement notice on a person if he or she reasonably believes that the person has committed an infringement offence.
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> > (3) An infringement notice may not be served on an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years.
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> > (4) An infringement notice –
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> > > > (a) is to be in accordance with [section 14 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-057#GS14@EN) [Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-057) ; and
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> > > > (b) is not to relate to more than 3 offences.
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> > (5) The regulations –
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> > > > (a) may prescribe, for infringement offences, the penalties payable under infringement notices; and
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> > > > (b) may prescribe different penalties for bodies corporate and unincorporate and for individuals.
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> > (6) The penalty prescribed for any infringement offence is not to exceed 20% of the maximum penalty that could be imposed, as the case requires, on a body corporate or unincorporate or on an individual by a court in respect of the offence.