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Road Transport (General) Act 1999
36Infringement notice—withdrawal
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36 Infringement notice—withdrawal
(1) If an infringement notice is served on a person for an infringement
notice offence, the administering authority may withdraw the
infringement notice, whether or not—
(a) the person has applied, or is taken to have applied, for
withdrawal of the infringement notice under section 34; or
(b) the infringement notice penalty (or part of it) has been paid for
the offence; or
(c) the person has disputed liability for the infringement notice
Withdrawal of infringement notices Division 3.3AA
(2) If the administering authority decides to withdraw an infringement
notice, the authority must do so by written notice (a withdrawal
notice) served on the person.
(3) The withdrawal notice must—
(a) include the infringement notice number and the date the
infringement notice was served; and
(b) tell the person that the infringement notice is withdrawn and, in
general terms, about subsection (4).
(4) The effect of the service of a withdrawal notice is as follows:
(a) this part, other than this section, ceases to apply to the
infringement notice;
(b) if the infringement notice penalty (or part of it) has been paid—
the administering authority must repay the amount paid, unless
the person has an infringement notice management plan for the
penalty.
(5) However, nothing in this section prevents the administering
authority—
(a) serving an infringement notice, or commencing a proceeding,
for the offence against another person; or
(b) if the administering authority is satisfied that a withdrawal
notice was served on a person in error, or as a result of
misrepresentation or a false declaration—serving an
infringement notice, or commencing a proceeding, for the
offence against the person.