Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTORAL) REGULATIONS - SECT 67

(1) An authorised officer may serve an infringement notice on a person if the officer believes that the person has committed an infringement notice offence.

(2) An infringement notice must contain the following particulars:

(a) the name and address of the alleged offender, if known;

(b) the date of the infringement notice and:

(i) if the offence consists of a failure to vote at an election - the date of the election; or

(ii) in any other case - date, time and place of the alleged offence;

(c) the nature of the offence, the amount of the infringement notice penalty for the offence and a statement that the offence may be expiated by payment of the infringement notice penalty to a person whose name and address are stated in the notice within 28 days of the date of the notice;

(d) a statement that the alleged offender may elect to be charged with, and dealt with by a court for, the alleged offence by completing and returning the relevant part of the notice to a person whose name and address are stated in the notice within 28 days of the date of the notice.

(3) If the infringement notice penalty for an alleged offence is paid under this section, the alleged offender is not liable to any further proceedings for the alleged offence unless the infringement notice is withdrawn under subregulation (4).

(4) An authorised officer may withdraw the infringement notice by serving a written notice of withdrawal (accompanied, if the infringement notice penalty has been paid, by the amount of the penalty) within 28 days of the date of the infringement notice.

(5) Service of an infringement notice, or a notice of withdrawal of an infringement notice, is effected:

(a) by serving it personally on the alleged offender; or

(b) by posting it to the alleged offender at his or her last known address; or

(c) by leaving it for the alleged offender at his or her last known place of residence or business with a person who appears to be at least 16 years of age and to be resident or employed there.

(6) The Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act applies to an infringement notice issued under this regulation if the amount payable under the infringement notice is not paid within the time specified in the notice.

(7) In this regulation:

infringement notice offence means an offence designated in the Schedule as an infringement notice offence.

infringement notice penalty means an amount fixed in the Schedule as the infringement notice penalty for an infringement notice offence.

paid - if a cheque is given in purported payment of an infringement notice penalty, the penalty is not paid unless and until the cheque is honoured.