New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRADE MEASUREMENT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1989 - SECT 16

16 Disposal of proceedings for offence

(1) Proceedings for an offence under the Principal Act or this Act may be taken and prosecuted only by the Superintendent or, in the name of the Superintendent, by a person acting with the authority of the Superintendent.

(2) Proceedings for an offence under the Principal Act or this Act must be disposed of summarily before:

(a) the Local Court, or

(b) the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction.

(3) The maximum pecuniary penalty that may be imposed by the Local Court in proceedings that could have been taken in the Supreme Court is $10,000.

(4) In proceedings for an offence, an authority to prosecute purporting to have been signed by the Superintendent is evidence of that authority without proof of the signature of the Superintendent.