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### sec.4 Infringement notice offences and fines for nominated laws
Schedule 1 prescribes infringement notice offences and infringement notice fines for the legislation (the nominated laws ) mentioned in it.
For a nominated law mentioned in schedule 1 —
an offence against a provision of the nominated law mentioned in schedule 1 , column 1 as limited by any description in the column, is an offence to which the Act applies; and
a number of penalty units mentioned in schedule 1 , column 2 opposite the offence is the fine payable for the offence under an infringement notice.
However, for an offence against a provision of HVNL(Q) or a national regulation under that Law, the fine payable for the offence is the lesser of the following amounts—
10% of the maximum penalty for the offence;
20 penalty units.
Also, if an entry in schedule 1 for an infringement notice offence under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 refers to the infringement notice fine for a stated provision of HVNL(Q) (the HVNL(Q) provision ), the fine payable for the offence is the same as the infringement notice fine applying under this regulation for the HVNL(Q) provision.
s 4 amd 2017 SL No. 155 s 83
(sec.4-ssec.1) Schedule 1 prescribes infringement notice offences and infringement notice fines for the legislation (the nominated laws ) mentioned in it.
(sec.4-ssec.2) For a nominated law mentioned in schedule 1 — an offence against a provision of the nominated law mentioned in schedule 1 , column 1 as limited by any description in the column, is an offence to which the Act applies; and a number of penalty units mentioned in schedule 1 , column 2 opposite the offence is the fine payable for the offence under an infringement notice.
(sec.4-ssec.3) However, for an offence against a provision of HVNL(Q) or a national regulation under that Law, the fine payable for the offence is the lesser of the following amounts— 10% of the maximum penalty for the offence; 20 penalty units.
(sec.4-ssec.4) Also, if an entry in schedule 1 for an infringement notice offence under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 refers to the infringement notice fine for a stated provision of HVNL(Q) (the HVNL(Q) provision ), the fine payable for the offence is the same as the infringement notice fine applying under this regulation for the HVNL(Q) provision.
- (a) an offence against a provision of the nominated law mentioned in schedule 1 , column 1 as limited by any description in the column, is an offence to which the Act applies; and
- (b) a number of penalty units mentioned in schedule 1 , column 2 opposite the offence is the fine payable for the offence under an infringement notice.
- (a) 10% of the maximum penalty for the offence;
- (b) 20 penalty units.