New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 49

49 Who may take proceedings for offences

(1) Proceedings for an offence against this Act may be taken and prosecuted by any person acting with the authority of:

(a) the Minister, or

(b) a prescribed officer.

(2) An authority to prosecute purporting to have been signed by the Minister or a prescribed officer is evidence of that authority without proof of the signature of the Minister or the prescribed officer.

(3) In proceedings for an offence against this Act, the informant may conduct his or her case personally, or by an Australian legal practitioner, or by an agent authorised by the informant in writing.