156Proceedings for offences

#### 156 Proceedings for offences 156 Proceedings for offences > > (1) All proceedings for offences against this Act or the regulations shall be disposed of summarily before the Local Court. > > > (1A) Despite subsection (1), proceedings for an offence under section 51A (6) may be dealt with summarily before the Local Court or before the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction. > > > (1B) If proceedings for an offence under section 51A (6) or 51B (1) are brought in the Local Court, the maximum monetary penalty that the Local Court may impose for the offence is 200 penalty units. > > > (2) An information for an offence against this Act or the regulations may be laid in the name of a board or committee by an officer of the board or committee, authorised by the board or committee to lay informations on behalf of the board or committee. > > > (3) Any prosecution instituted in the name of a board or committee shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to have been instituted by the authority of the board or committee. > > > (4) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents an information for an offence against this Act or the regulations from being laid in any other manner. > > > (5), (6) (Repealed) > > > (7) Any pecuniary penalty recovered in proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations shall, if the information was laid in the name of a board or committee, be payable to the board or committee and shall form part of its income. > > **s 156:** Am 1996 No 99, Sch 2.11 \[1\] \[2\]; 1999 No 31, Sch 4.57; 2005 No 97, Sch 1 \[10\]; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.35; 2007 No 77, Sch 1 \[6\]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.