New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 20

20 What is a penalty notice?

(1) A penalty notice is a notice referred to in subsection (2) to the effect that the person to whom it is directed has committed a specified offence and that, if the person does not wish to have the matter dealt with by a court, the person may pay the specified amount for the offence to a specified person within a specified time.

(2) A penalty notice for the purposes of this Act is:

(a) a notice issued under any of the statutory provisions set out in Schedule 1, or

(b) any similar notice issued under any statutory provision specified by the regulations for the purposes of this section, or

(c) a notice issued under a statutory provision that declares the notice to be a penalty notice for the purposes of this Act, or

(d) a notice that, at the time it was issued, was issued under a statutory provision referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

(3) A notice is not a penalty notice for the purposes of this Act unless it is of a kind referred to in subsection (2).