Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994 - SECT 26

PART 5 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

General

26. General



(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision in
Part 2, 5 or 6 (except sections 28(4), 28A, 29 and 33(4) or (5)) or the
regulations is guilty of an offence against this Act.

(2) Any person who is guilty of an offence against a provision of Part 2, 5 or
6 for which no penalty is expressly provided is liable to a penalty of not
more than-

   (a)  if that person is a body corporate, 400 penalty units if the offence
        is not an indictable offence, and 2500 penalty units if the offence is
        an indictable offence; or

   (b)  in any other case, 100 penalty units if the offence is not an
        indictable offence, and 500 penalty units if the offence is an
        indictable offence.

(3) An offence against this Act (not being a contravention of or failure to
comply with a provision of Part 3 or 4 or of the regulations) is an indictable
offence.

(4) An offence against a provision of Part 3 or 4 is only an indictable
offence if an express statement to that effect is made in that Part in
relation to the offence.