Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 - SECT 91

Infringement notice

91. Infringement notice



(1) An authorised officer may serve an infringement notice on any person, if
the authorised officer has reason to believe that the person has committed a
prescribed offence against a relevant law.

(2) An offence referred to in subsection (1) for which an infringement notice
may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the
Infringements Act 2006.

(3) The penalty for the purposes of this section for a prescribed offence is
the amount, not exceeding 10 penalty units, prescribed for that offence.

(4) If a prescribed offence relates to the taking or destruction of forest
produce and the infringement notice includes a copy of a certificate under the
seal of the Secretary as to the amount (being an amount not exceeding the
prescribed amount) which would have been payable if the forest produce had
been taken in accordance with an authority issued under a relevant law, the
penalty for the purposes of this section for that prescribed offence is the
sum of the penalty determined in accordance with subsection (3) and the amount
stated in that certificate.

(5) The Secretary may give a certificate for the purpose of subsection (4).



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