23Regulations about infringement notice offences

23 Regulations about infringement notice offences (1) A regulation may prescribe an offence, other than an offence for which a penalty of imprisonment may be imposed, for the dictionary, definition of infringement notice offence by— (a) stating the offence; or (b) referring to the provision creating the offence; or (c) providing that all offences, or all offences except for stated offences, against an Act or subordinate law are infringement notice offences. (2) Subsection (1) does not limit the ways that a regulation may prescribe an offence for that definition. (3) A regulation may, for the dictionary, definition of infringement notice penalty, prescribe— (a) an amount as the penalty payable by anyone for an offence if it is dealt with under this part; or (b) different amounts as the penalties payable for different offences if they are dealt with under this part; or (c) different amounts as the penalties payable for the same kind of offence committed by different people or in different circumstances if the offence is dealt with under this part. (4) However, an infringement notice penalty prescribed for a person for an offence must not exceed the maximum fine that could be imposed by a court on the person for the offence. (5) Subsection (3) does not limit the ways that a regulation may prescribe an amount for that definition. (6) If a regulation prescribes an offence that has a different penalty for a first offender or a repeat offender in relation to the offence the regulation may only prescribe the offence in relation to a first offender.