New South Wales Repealed Acts New South Wales Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) Proceedings for an offence against this Act, section 24 excepted, may be taken before a Local Court constituted by a Magistrate sitting alone or before the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction.
(2) If proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act are brought in a Local Court the maximum monetary penalty that the court may impose in respect of the offence is, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 100 penalty units (including any daily penalty) or the maximum monetary penalty provided by this Act in respect of the offence, whichever is the lesser.
(3) If proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act are brought in the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction, the Supreme Court may impose a penalty not exceeding the maximum penalty provided by this Act in respect of the offence.
(4) Proceedings in the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction in respect of an offence against this Act may be commenced only within 2 years after the offence was committed.
(5) Notwithstanding anything in any other Act, proceedings before a Local Court in respect of an offence against this Act (except section 42) may be instituted within the period of 2 years after the act or omission alleged to constitute the offence.