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Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983
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215 Regulations
(a) prescribing transport infringements for which a transport infringement notice may be served; and
S. 215(1)(ab) inserted by No. 98/1998 s. 30(5)(a).
(ab) prescribing ticket infringements for which a ticket infringement notice may be served; and
S. 215(1)(b) amended by No. 98/1998 s. 30(5)(b), substituted by No. 32/2006 s. 74(4).
(b) in addition to the requirements of section 13 of the **Infringements Act 2006**, any particulars, not inconsistent with that Act, to be contained in an infringement notice;
S. 215(1)(c) amended by No. 98/1998 s. 30(5)(b), repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 74(5).
(d) the form of a withdrawal notice; and
(e) the method of service of a withdrawal notice; and
S. 215(1)(f) amended by No. 98/1998 s. 30(5)(c).
(f) the penalties for any transport infringement or ticket infringement; and
S. 215(1)(g) repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 74(5).
S. 215(1)(ga) inserted by No. 101/2003 s. 11, amended by Nos 61/2011 s. 25(Sch. 1 item 13.9), 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 45.27).
(ga) permitting the Head, Transport for Victoria to pay administrative costs to passenger transport and bus companies in respect of relevant ticket infringements (as defined in section 213A(1)); and
S. 215(1)(gb) inserted by No. 101/2003 s. 11.
(gb) specifying the amount of those costs, or how those costs are to be calculated; and
(h) the form of the document setting out particulars of prior convictions; and
(i) the form of notices to be endorsed on the document setting out particulars of prior convictions; and
(j) generally prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Division to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Division.
S. 215(2) repealed by No. 16/1998
s. 10(5), new s. 215(2) inserted by No. 101/2003 s. 12, amended by No. 71/2006 s. 14(1).
(2) Despite anything to the contrary in Division 5 of Part 2 of the **Infringements Act 2006**, regulations prescribing an amount as the penalty for a transport or ticket infringement may—
(a) prescribe a different amount of penalty according to the number of transport or ticket infringements (or both) committed by the same offender within a specified period; and
S. 215(2)(ab) inserted by No. 19/2010 s. 78.
(ab) prescribe a lower amount of penalty for a transport infringement or ticket infringement committed by a person under the age of 18 years; and
S. 215(2)(b) amended by No. 95/2005 s. 37(a).
(b) specify the circumstances in which the different amounts of penalty apply; and
S. 215(2)(ba) inserted by No. 71/2006 s. 14(2), amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 171.5).
(ba) allow for a different amount of penalty according to whether the notice for the transport infringement or ticket infringement (or both) is served by a police officer or by an officer who is authorised to issue the notice; and
S. 215(2)(c) inserted by No. 95/2005 s. 37(b).
(c) provide for a penalty imposed to be revised if—
(i) one or more of the infringement notices on which the amount of the penalty is based is cancelled after the penalty is imposed; or
(ii) the penalty is imposed on the basis of an incorrect number of earlier infringement notices; and
S. 215(2)(d) inserted by No. 95/2005 s. 37(b).
(d) if a penalty imposed is revised, provide for a refund of any amount of penalty that has been overpaid.
S. 215(3) repealed by No. 16/1998
s. 10(5).
Pt 7 Div. 2A (Heading and ss 215A–215G)
inserted by No. 60/1994 s. 23, amended by Nos 17/1995 s. 23, 94/2003 ss 28(16), 33, 32/2006 ss 75–77, 47/2006 ss 55–59, 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. items 124.17–124.21), 22/2013 s. 95, repealed by No. 27/2014 s. 142.[[11]](#endnote-12)
Pt 7 Div. 3 (Heading) amended by No. 101/2003 s. 17(2).
Division 3—Enforcement provisions—vehicle inspections
S. 216 amended by No. 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 item 15).