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CAT ACT 2011 - SECT 63

CAT ACT 2011 - SECT 63

63 .         Content of infringement notice

        (1)         An infringement notice is to be in the prescribed form and is to —

            (a)         contain a description of the alleged offence; and

            (b)         advise that if the alleged offender does not wish to be prosecuted for the alleged offence in a court, the amount of money specified in the notice as being the modified penalty for the offence may be paid to the CEO of the local government within a period of 28 days after the giving of the notice; and

            (c)         inform the alleged offender how and where the money may be paid.

        (2)         In an infringement notice the amount specified as being the modified penalty for the offence referred to in the notice is to be the amount that was the prescribed modified penalty at the time the alleged offence is believed to have been committed.

        (3)         A modified penalty for an offence must not exceed 10% of the maximum penalty for that offence.