New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PAWNBROKERS AND SECOND-HAND DEALERS ACT 1996 - SECT 26

26 Penalty notices

(1) An authorised officer to whom it appears that a person has committed any offence under this Act or the regulations, being an offence prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section, may serve a notice on the person to the effect that, if the person does not desire to have the matter determined by a court, the person may pay to the Commissioner of Police, within a time limited by the notice, the amount of the penalty prescribed by the regulations for the offence if dealt with under this section.

(2) The notice may be served personally or by post.

(3) Once the prescribed penalty is paid in compliance with the notice, no person is liable to any further proceedings for the alleged offence.

(4) Payment of a penalty under this section is not to be regarded as an admission of liability for the purposes of, nor does it in any way affect or prejudice, any claim, action or proceeding arising out of the same occurrence.

(5) For the purposes of this section, the regulations may prescribe different penalties for different prescribed offences, or for offences committed in different circumstances, but the penalty must in no case exceed the maximum penalty that a court could impose for the offence.

(6) Nothing in this section limits the operation of any provision made by or under this or any other Act in relation to proceedings that may be taken in respect of offences.