New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE SPORTS CENTRE TRUST ACT 1984 - SECT 20B

20B Penalty notices for certain offences

(1) An authorised officer may serve a penalty notice on a person if it appears to the officer that the person has committed, or by virtue of section 20A is guilty of, a parking offence as defined in that section, but only if the offence is prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(2) A penalty notice is a notice to the effect that, if the person served does not wish to have the matter determined by a court, the person may pay to the Trust, within the time specified in the notice, the amount of penalty prescribed by the regulations for the offence if dealt with under this section.

(3) A penalty notice:

(a) may be served personally or by post, or

(b) if it relates to an offence of which the owner of a vehicle is guilty by virtue of section 20A, may be addressed to the owner without naming the owner or stating the address of the owner and may be served by leaving it on or attaching it to the vehicle.

(4) If the amount of any penalty prescribed for an alleged offence is paid under this section, no person is liable to any further proceedings for the alleged offence.

(5) Payment under this section shall not be regarded as an admission of liability for the purpose of, nor in any way affect or prejudice, any civil claim, action or proceeding arising out of the same occurrence.

(6) The regulations may:

(a) prescribe an offence for the purposes of this section by specifying the offence or by referring to the provision creating the offence, and

(b) prescribe the amount of penalty payable for the offence if dealt with under this section, and

(c) prescribe different amounts of penalties for different offences or classes of offences.

(7) The amount of a penalty prescribed under this section for an offence shall not exceed 0.5 penalty unit or the maximum amount of penalty which could be imposed for the offence by a court, whichever is the lower amount.

(8) This section does not limit the operation of any other provision of, or made under, this or any other Act relating to proceedings which may be taken in respect of offences.

(9) In this section, "authorised officer" means an officer of the Trust authorised by the Trust for the purposes of this section or a member of the Police Force.