New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRADE MEASUREMENT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1989 - SECT 18

18 Offences against the regulations

If a regulation under the Principal Act or this Act imposes a penalty for an offence against the regulation, this Part applies to the offence in the same way as it applies to an offence against the Principal Act or this Act, except that:

(a) proceedings for the offence against the regulation must be disposed of summarily before the Local Court, and

(b) the maximum penalty that may be imposed for the offence is the penalty provided by the regulation.