Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 (ACT)

Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003   

SL2003-39

made under the

Magistrates Court Act 1930

Republication No 9

Effective:  16 July 2024

Republication date: 16 July 2024

Last amendment made by A2024‑29

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 16 July 2024.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 16 July 2024. 

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

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authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003

made under the

Magistrates Court Act 1930

Contents

Page

1            Name of regulation  2

3            Purpose of regulation  2

4            Notes  2

5            Meaning of Agents Act  2

6            Administering authority  2

7           Infringement notice offences  2

8            Infringement notice penalties  3

9            Contents of infringement notices—other information  3

10          Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person            3

11          Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person                4

12          Authorised people for infringement notice offences  4

Schedule 1 Agents Act infringement notice offences and penalties      5

Endnotes

1            About the endnotes  7

2            Abbreviation key  7

3            Legislation history  8

4            Amendment history  10

5            Earlier republications  11

Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003

made under the

Magistrates Court Act 1930

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003.

2. Purpose of regulation

   The purpose of this regulation is to provide for infringement notices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences against the Agents Act.

   NoteThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of infringement notices for offences against various Acts. The infringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.

3. Notes

   A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.

   NoteSee Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.

4. Meaning of Agents Act

   In this regulation:

   Agents Act means the Agents Act 2003.

5. Administering authority

   The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the Agents Act is the commissioner for fair trading.

6. Infringement notice offences

   The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the Agents Act mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.

7. Infringement notice penalties

   (1)The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the Agents Act, under an infringement notice for the offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.

   (2)The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the Agents Act, under an infringement notice for the offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.

   (3)The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Agents Act is $34.

8. Contents of infringement notices—other information

   (1)An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the Agents Act must include the company’s ACN.

   NoteThe requirement under this section is additional to the requirement under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).

   (2)In this section:

   company means a company registered under the Corporations Act.

9. Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person

   An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the Agents Act must identify the authorised person by—

   (a)any unique number given to the person by the administering authority for this regulation; or

   (b)the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials.

10. Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person

    A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the Agents Act must identify the authorised person by—

    (a)any unique number given to the person by the administering authority for this regulation; or

    (b)the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials.

11. Authorised people for infringement notice offences

    An investigator under the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992, section 36 may serve the following:

    (a)an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the Agents Act;

    (b)a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Agents Act.

Schedule 1Agents Act infringement notice offences and penalties

(see s 7 and s 8)

column 1 item	column 2 provision	column 3 offence penalty (penalty units)	column 4 infringement penalty ($)
1	18 (1) (b) (i)	100	1000
2	19 (1) (b) (i)	100	1000
3	20 (1) (b) (i)	100	1000
4	21 (1) (b) (i)	100	1000
5	68A (1)	50	500
6	69 (1)	50	500
7	69 (2)	50	500
8	69 (3)	50	500
9	70 (1)	50	500
10	70 (2)	50	500
11	74	50	500
12	75 (2)	50	500
13	75A (1)	100	1000
14	77 (1)	100	1000
15	106	100	500
16	107 (2)	100	500
17	107 (3)	100	500
18	107A (1)	100	500
19	108	100	1000
20	110	100	1000
21	115 (1)	50	500
22	124 (4)	20	100
23	127 (4)	50	500
24	127 (5)	30	300
25	128	50	500
26	133 (1)	200	2000
27	133 (2)	200	2000
28	133 (3)	200	2000
29	134	100	1000

Endnotes

1. About the endnotes

   Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

   Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.

   Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

   If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering. 

   The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2. Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

1. Legislation history

   This regulation was originally the Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Regulations 2003.  It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.

   Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 SL2003-39

   notified LR 31 October 2003
   s 1, s 2 commenced 31 October 2003 (LA s 75 (1))

   remainder commenced 1 November 2003 (s 2)

   as amended by

   Statute Law Amendment Act 2004 A2004-42 sch 3 pt 3.15

   notified LR 11 August 2004
   s 1, s 2 commenced 11 August 2004 (LA s 75 (1))

   sch 3 pt 3.15 commenced 25 August 2004 (s 2 (1))

   Court Procedures (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 A2004-60 sch 1 pt 1.41

   notified LR 2 September 2004
   s 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))

   
   

   sch 1 pt 1.41 commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court Procedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)

   Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Amendment Act 2010
   A2010-54 sch 3 pt 3.17

   notified LR 16 December 2010
   s 1, s 2 commenced 16 December 2010 (LA s 75 (1))

   sch 3 pt 3.17 commenced 1 January 2011 (s 2 (1))

   Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015‑15 sch 3 pt 3.11

   notified LR 27 May 2015
   s 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))

   sch 3 pt 3.11 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)

   Magistrates Court (Agents Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulation 2019 (No 1) SL2019-18

   notified LR 4 July 2019
   s 1, s 2 commenced 4 July 2019 (LA s 75 (1))

   remainder commenced 5 July 2019 (s 2)

   Fair Trading and Other Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2022
   A2022-8 sch 1 pt 1.5

   notified LR 11 May 2022
   s 1, s 2 commenced 11 May 2022 (LA s 75 (1))

   sch 1 pt 1.5 commenced 1 July 2022 (s 2 (2))

   Housing and Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 2024 A2024-29 sch 1 pt 1.6

   notified LR 9 July 2024
   s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2024 (LA s 75 (2))
   sch 1 pt 1.6 commenced 16 July 2024 (s 2 (1))

2. Amendment history

   Name of regulation

   s 1am R3 LA

   Commencement

   s 2om LA s 89 (4)

   Purpose of regulation

   s 3am A2004‑60 amdt 1.414, amdt 1.415

   Infringement notice offences

   s 7am A2004‑60 amdt 1.416

   Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person

   s 10am A2004‑42 amdt 3.81

   Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person

   s 11am A2004‑42 amdt 3.81

   Authorised people for infringement notice offences

   s 12am A2010‑54 amdt 3.45; A2015‑15 amdt 3.60, amdt 3.61

   Agents Act infringement notice offences and penalties

   sch 1am A2015‑15 amdts 3.62-3.65; items renum R6 LA; SL2019‑18 s 4; A2022‑8 amdts 1.8-1.11; items renum R8 LA; A2024‑29 amdt 1.12; items renum R9 LA

3. Earlier republications

   Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order. 

   Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 1 Nov 2003	1 Nov 2003– 24 Aug 2004	not amended	new regulation
R2 25 Aug 2004	25 Aug 2004– 2 Nov 2004	A2004‑42	amendments by A2004‑42
R3 3 Nov 2004	3 Nov 2004– 9 Jan 2005	A2004‑60	editorial amendments under Legislation Act
R4 10 Jan 2005	10 Jan 2005– 31 Dec 2010	A2004‑60	amendments by A2004‑60
R5 1 Jan 2011	1 Jan 2011– 9 June 2015	A2010-54	amendments by A2010-54
R6 10 June 2015	10 June 2015– 4 July 2019	A2015‑15	amendments by A2015‑15
R7 5 July 2019	5 July 2019– 30 June 2022	SL2019‑18	amendments by SL2019‑18
R8 1 July 2022	1 July 2022– 15 July 2024	A2022‑8	amendments by A2022‑8