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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
706Contents of infringement notice
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706 Contents of infringement notice
(1) The infringement notice must specify the following:
(a) the name and address of the person, if known;
(b) the date the infringement notice is given to the person;
(c) the date, time and place of the infringement notice offence;
(d) a description of the offence;
(e) the prescribed amount payable for the offence;
(f) the enforcement agency, as defined in the Fines and Penalties
(Recovery) Act 2001, to whom the prescribed amount is
payable.
(2) The infringement notice must include a statement to the effect of
(a) the person may expiate the infringement notice offence and
avoid any further action in relation to the offence by paying the
prescribed amount to the specified enforcement agency within
28 days after the notice is given;
(b) the person may elect under section 21 of the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 to have the matter dealt with by
a court instead of under that Act by completing a statement of
election and giving it to the specified enforcement agency;
(c) if the person does nothing in response to the notice,
enforcement action may be taken under the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001, including (but not limited to)
action for the following:
(i) suspending the person's licence to drive;
(ii) seizing personal property of the person;
(iii) deducting an amount from the person's wages or salary;
(iv) registering a statutory charge on land owned by the
person;
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(v) making a community work order for the person and
imprisonment of the person if the person breaches the
order.
(3) Also, the infringement notice must include an appropriate form for
making the statement of election mentioned in subregulation (2)(b).