Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

AIR NAVIGATION REGULATIONS 1947 - REG 134

         (1)   An infringement notice issued by an authorised person for an offence must:

                (a)    be identified by a unique number; and

               (b)    give the name of the authorised person who issued it; and

                (c)    state its date of issue; and

               (d)    state the full name, or the surname and initials, and the address of the person to whom it is issued; and

                (e)    give brief details of the offence, including:

                          (i)    the date and time of the offence; and

                         (ii)    where the offence happened; and

                         (iii)    the provision of these Regulations contravened; and

                (f)    state the penalty for the offence payable under the notice; and

                (g)    state the place where, and any method by which, the penalty may be paid; and

                (h)    tell the person to whom it is issued where, and to whom, the person should apply to be allowed more time to pay the penalty; and

                 (i)    be signed by the authorised person who issued it; and

                (j)    tell the person to whom it is issued that the person may pay the penalty specified in the notice by posting or delivering the payment to the place of payment specified in the notice; and

               (k)    if there is another way to pay the penalty -- tell the person to whom it is issued what that way is; and

                 (l)    tell the person to whom it is issued that if the person pays the penalty within 28 days after the day when the notice is served on the person (or any longer time allowed in writing by an authorised officer) -- unless the infringement notice is subsequently withdrawn and any penalty paid refunded:

                          (i)    any liability of the person for the offence will be discharged; and

                         (ii)    the person will not be prosecuted in a court for the offence; and

                         (iii)    the person will not be taken to have been convicted of the offence; and

               (m)    tell the person to whom it is issued that if the person is prosecuted in court and found guilty of the offence, the person may be convicted of the offence and ordered to pay a penalty and costs, and be subject to any other order that the court makes; and

                (n)    tell the person to whom it is issued the greatest penalty that a court could impose for the offence.

         (2)   An infringement notice may contain any other information that the authorised person who issues it thinks necessary.