New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FINES ACT 1996 - SECT 23

23 Payment of amount required by penalty notice

(1) For the purposes of this Part, the amount payable under a penalty notice is the amount specified in the notice, as fixed by or in accordance with law.

(1A) A person may pay the amount by part payments. However, the full amount payable under a penalty notice is to be paid within the time required by the notice.

(2) Payment of the full amount under a penalty notice results in there being no further liability for further proceedings for the offence to which the notice relates.

Note: The statutory provisions under which mechanisms for the issue of penalty notices are provided also provide for the effect of payment in accordance with the notice. The effect of payment in accordance with a penalty notice generally is that no further proceedings will be taken for the alleged offence. Payment generally does not have the effect of an admission of any liability in relation to the events out of which the offence arose.