Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) an infringement notice has been served on a person for an infringement notice offence; and
(b) the person pays the infringement notice penalty for the offence in accordance with this part; and
(c) when the payment is made, the infringement notice had not been withdrawn and an information had not been laid in the Magistrates Court against the person for the offence.
(2) If this section applies—
(a) any liability of the person for the offence is discharged; and
(b) the person must not be prosecuted in a court for the offence; and
(c) the person is not taken to have been convicted of the offence.
Note Section 31 provides for the withdrawal at any time of an infringement notice that has been served on a person. If s 29 applied to the infringement notice offence, it ceases to apply, and is taken never to have applied, on the withdrawal of the notice (see s 31 (4)).
(3) If 2 or more infringement notices were served on the person for the offence, then, unless all the infringement notices have been withdrawn, subsection (2) applies to the person in relation to the offence if the person pays, in accordance with this part, the infringement notice penalty in relation to any of the notices (together with any costs and disbursements payable under this part in relation to the notice).
(4) If the offence involved a vehicle and the person was 1 of 2 or more responsible people for the vehicle at the time of the offence, subsection (2) also applies to each of the other responsible people.