FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 229

FISH RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 229

229 .         Infringement notices, form of

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

            (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 an authorised person within a period of 28 days after the service of the notice; and

            (c)         inform the alleged offender as to who are authorised persons for the purposes of receiving payment of modified penalties.

        (2)         In an infringement notice the amount specified as 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)         The modified penalty prescribed in respect of an offence against this Act for the purposes of this section —

            (a)         must not include any additional penalty; and

            (b)         must not exceed 1/5th of the maximum penalty specified in this Act for that offence.

        [Section 229 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]