24BPublication of contraventions register

24B Publication of contraventions register

24B Publication of contraventions register

(1) The Commissioner may—

(a) publish information contained in the contraventions register, and

(b) provide a member of the public with information contained in the contraventions register in a way the Commissioner considers appropriate.

(2) Information relating to a penalty notice issued to a person must not be published or provided to a member of the public unless—

(a) the amount payable under the penalty notice has been fully or partly paid, or

(b) a penalty notice enforcement order under the Fines Act 1996, Part 3 has been issued in relation to the penalty notice, or

(c) at least 70 days have elapsed since the penalty notice was issued and the penalty notice is unresolved.

(3) For this section, a penalty notice is unresolved until one of the following occurs—

(a) the amount payable under the penalty notice is fully or partly paid,

(b) a penalty notice enforcement order under the Fines Act 1996, Part 3 is issued in relation to the penalty notice,

(c) the person issued with the penalty notice elects to have the matter determined by a court in accordance with the Fines Act 1996, Part 3,

(d) the enforcement agency or other body under the direction of which, or on behalf of whom, the penalty notice was issued decides not to enforce the penalty notice,

(e) a penalty reminder notice in relation to the offence is withdrawn under the Fines Act 1996.

(4) No liability, including liability in defamation, is incurred for information published under this section in good faith.

s 24B: Ins 2022 No 51, Sch 1[18].