infringement offence means an offence
against this Act or the regulations that is prescribed by the regulations to
be an infringement offence.
(2) An authorised person may issue and
serve an infringement notice on a person if he or she reasonably believes that
the person has committed an infringement offence.
(3) An infringement
notice may not be served on an individual who has not attained the age of 16
years.
(4) An infringement notice –
(a) is to be in
accordance with section 14 of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 ;
and
(b) is not to relate to more than 3 offences.
(5) The
regulations –
(a) may prescribe the penalty applicable to each
infringement offence that is payable under an infringement notice; and
(b) may
prescribe different penalties for bodies corporate and individuals.
(6)
In the application of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005 to an
infringement notice issued and served under this section –
(a) the
authorised person who issued and served the infringement notice is taken to be
a public sector body within the meaning of that Act; and
(b) a penalty
prescribed under subsection (5) in respect of an infringement offence is
taken to be the prescribed penalty applicable to that offence for the purposes
of section 14(a)(ii) of that Act.
(7) Any payment in respect of an
infringement notice is payable –
(a) to a council, if the notice was
served by a council officer; or
(b) in any other case, into the Consolidated
Fund.
