45Payment of penalty within specified period

45 Payment of penalty within specified period (1) If the total penalty shown on a traffic infringement notice is paid at an appropriate place within the period specified in the notice, the offender has expiated the offence and no further proceedings can be taken in relation to the offence (unless the notice is withdrawn in accordance with regulation 43). (1A) Subregulation (1) does not prevent the allocation of demerit points in relation to an appropriate offence, even though the offence is expiated. (2) If a penalty under this Division is paid by cheque, the offence is not expiated unless the cheque is honoured on first presentation.