Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Infringements (Reporting and Prescribed Details and Forms) Regulations 2006 - SECT 11

Penalty reminder notice

11. Penalty reminder notice

For the purposes of section 29(5) of the Act, the prescribed details which a
penalty reminder notice must contain are-

   (a)  that it is a penalty reminder notice;

   (b)  the date of the penalty reminder notice;

   (c)  the name and address (if known) of the person served with the
        infringement notice;

   (d)  the name of the enforcement agency;

   (e)  the enforcement agency identifying reference of the penalty reminder
        notice;

   (f)  subject to paragraph (fa), either the name of the issuing officer or
        the enforcement agency identifying reference of the issuing officer;



   (fa) in the case of a penalty reminder notice issued or served on behalf of
        the Traffic Camera Office or the Toll Enforcement Office, the title or
        name of the issuing officer;

   (g)  the date and approximate time and place of the infringement offence
        alleged to have been committed;

   (h)  the infringement penalty and any prescribed costs owing;

        (i)    the manner in which the infringement penalty and any prescribed
               costs may be paid;

   (j)  that the infringement penalty and any prescribed costs must be paid by
        a specified due date, being not less than 28 days after the penalty
        reminder notice has been served;

   (k)  that the person may elect to have the matter heard and determined in
        Court, or, in the case of a child, in the Children's Court, unless the
        penalty reminder notice is in respect of an infringement offence to
        which any of the following provisions apply-

   (i)  sections 89A to 89D of the Road Safety Act 1986;

   (ii) section 215C of the Transport Act 1983;

   (iii) sections 61A and 61BA of the Marine Act 1988;

   (l)  that failure to pay the infringement penalty and prescribed costs by
        the specified due date may result in further enforcement action being
        taken and further costs being incurred under-

   (i)  the Act; or

   (ii) in the case of a child, Schedule 2A to the Children and Young Persons
        Act 1989;

   (m)  that the person served with the infringement notice, or a person
        acting on that person's behalf, may apply to have the decision to
        serve the infringement notice internally reviewed by the enforcement
        agency under the Act unless the infringement notice is in respect of
        an infringement offence to which any of the following provisions
        apply-

   (i)  sections 89A to 89D of the Road Safety Act 1986;

   (ii) section 215C of the Transport Act 1983;

   (iii) sections 61A and 61BA of the Marine Act 1988;

   (n)  that the person served with the infringement notice may be eligible
        for a payment plan under section 46 of the Act unless that person is a
        body corporate;

   (o)  that further information including information relating to eligibility
        for payment plans and applying for internal review can be obtained
        from-

   (i)  a nominated telephone number;

   (ii) a designated address;

   (iii) if available, the enforcement agency's website address;

   (p)  a statement that if the person served with the penalty reminder notice
        does not understand the document, he or she should seek advice from
        the registrar of the Court or Children's Court, as the case requires,
        a lawyer or Victoria Legal Aid.