TOBACCO ACT 1987 - SECT 38 Infringement notices
TOBACCO ACT 1987 - SECT 38
Infringement noticesS. 38(1) amended by No. 43/2000 s. 16(2)(a)(b), substituted by Nos 45/2005 s. 19(1), 49/2009 s. 45(1), amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 169.2).
(1) An inspector or a police officer may serve an infringement notice on a person who the inspector or police officer believes has committed an infringement offence referred to in an item in the Schedule requiring the person to pay—
(a) in the case of a natural person, the infringement penalty specified in column A of the Schedule for that infringement offence;
(b) in the case of a body corporate, the infringement penalty specified in column B of the Schedule for that infringement offence.
S. 38(1A) inserted by No. 45/2005 s. 19(1), repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 47(1)), new s. 38(1A) inserted by No. 49/2009 s. 45(2), amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 169.2).
(1A) A police officer may serve an infringement notice on a person if the police officer has reason to believe that the person has committed an offence against section 5S.
S. 38(1B) inserted by No. 49/2009 s. 45(2).
(1B) The infringement penalty for an offence against section 5S is 2 penalty units.
S. 38(2) amended by No. 43/2000 s. 16(2)(a), substituted by Nos 45/2005 s. 19(1), 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 47(2)), amended by No. 49/2009 s. 45(3).
(2) An offence referred to in subsection (1) or (1A) for which an infringement notice may be served is an infringement offence within the meaning of the Infringements Act 2006 .
S. 38(3) substituted by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 47(3)), amended by No. 49/2009 s. 45(4).
(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (1A), an infringement notice must be in the form required by the Infringements Act 2006 and may contain any additional prescribed details.
S. 38(4) amended by Nos 43/2000 s. 16(2)(a), 45/2005 s. 19(2)(a)(i), repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 47(4)).
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S. 38(5) amended by Nos 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 198(a)(b)), 43/2000 s. 16(2)(a), 45/2005 s. 19(2)(a)(ii), repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 47(4)).
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S. 38(6)(7) repealed by No. 32/2006 s. 94(Sch. item 47(4)).
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S. 38(8) repealed by No. 43/2000 s. 16(2)(c).
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