LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 148 Penalties and recovery of expenses
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 148
Penalties and recovery of expenses
(1) By-laws may (a) provide that a contravention of, or a failure to comply with, any of the by-laws is an offence; and(b) in respect of such an offence, provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding 2 penalty units for each day during which the offence continues.(2) By-laws may provide that, in addition to a penalty imposed in relation to a failure to comply with or a contravention of the by-laws, an expense incurred by a council in consequence of that failure or contravention is recoverable by the council as a debt payable by the person so failing to comply or contravening.