New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SNOWY HYDRO CORPORATISATION ACT 1997 - SECT 51

51 Proceedings for offences

(1) Proceedings for offences against this Act or the regulations are to be dealt with:

(a) summarily before the Local Court, or

(b) summarily before the Land and Environment Court in its summary jurisdiction.

(2) If any such proceedings are brought in the Local Court, the maximum monetary penalty that the Court may impose for the offence is $10,000 or the maximum monetary penalty for the offence (whichever is the lesser), despite any other provision of this Act.

(3) Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations may be commenced within but not later than 3 years after the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed. This subsection applies despite anything in the Criminal Procedure Act 1986 or any other Act.