Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 (ACT)
Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003
SL2003-36
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Republication No 6
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 (Charitable Collections 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.
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Editorial changes
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This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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Modifications
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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 (Charitable Collections 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 Charitable Collections Act 2
6 Administering authority 2
7 Infringement notice offences 3
8 Infringement notice penalties 3
9 Contents of infringement notices—other information 3
10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4
11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4
12 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 5
Schedule 1Charitable Collections Act infringement notice offences and penalties 6
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 7
2 Abbreviation key 7
3 Legislation history 8
4 Amendment history 9
5 Earlier republications 10
Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003.
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 Charitable Collections Act.
NoteThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 creates a system of infringement notices for offences against various Acts. The infringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.
Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
NoteSee the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
Meaning of Charitable Collections Act
In this regulation:
Charitable Collections Act means the Charitable Collections Act 2003.
Administering authority
(1)The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the Charitable Collections Act is the head of Access Canberra.
(2)In this section:
Access Canberra means the business unit known as Access Canberra.
head, of Access Canberra, means the person occupying the position (however described) of head of Access Canberra.
Infringement notice offences
The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the Charitable Collections Act mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
Infringement notice penalties
(1)The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the Charitable Collections 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 Charitable Collections 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 Charitable Collections Act is $34.
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 Charitable Collections 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.
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 Charitable Collections Act must identify the authorised person by—
(a)for an authorised person who is a police officer—the service number for the police officer; and
(b)for an authorised person to whom the Charitable Collections Act, section 55 (Identity cards) applies—
(i)any unique number given to the person by the administering authority for this regulation; or
(ii)the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials.
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 Charitable Collections Act must identify the authorised person by—
(a)for an authorised person who is a police officer—the service number for the police officer; and
(b)for an authorised person to whom the Charitable Collections Act, section 55 (Identity cards) applies—
(i)any unique number given to the person by the administering authority for this regulation; or
(ii)the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials.
Authorised people for infringement notice offences
Anyone who is an authorised person under the Charitable Collections Act, section 54 (Authorised people), may serve the following:
(a)an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the Charitable Collections Act;
(b)a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Charitable Collections Act.
Schedule 1Charitable Collections Act infringement notice offences and penalties
(see s 7 and s 8)
| column 1 item | column 2 offence provision | column 3 offence penalty (penalty units) | column 4 infringement penalty ($) |
| 1 | 47 (1) | 50 | 150 |
| 2 | 47 (2) | 50 | 150 |
| 3 | 47 (3) | 50 | 150 |
| 4 | 48 (1) | 50 | 150 |
| 5 | 53 (4) | 50 | 150 |
| 6 | 56 (3) | 5 | 50 |
Endnotes
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.
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
Legislation history
This regulation was originally the Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections Infringement Notices) Regulations 2003. It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.
Magistrates Court (Charitable Collections Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 SL2003-36
notified LR 30 October 2003
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 October 2003 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 31 October 2003 (s 2)as amended by
Court Procedures (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 A2004-60 sch 1 pt 1.42
notified LR 2 September 2004
s 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))sch 1 pt 1.42 commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court Procedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)
Administrative (One ACT Public Service Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2011 A2011-22 sch 1 pt 1.100
notified LR 30 June 2011
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2011 (LA s 75 (1))sch 1 pt 1.100 commenced 1 July 2011 (s 2 (1))
Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015‑15 sch 3 pt 3.14
notified LR 27 May 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))sch 3 pt 3.14 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)
Housing and Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 2024 A2024-29 sch 1 pt 1.7
notified LR 9 July 2024
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2024 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 16 July 2024 (s 2 (1))Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1am R2 LA
Commencement
s 2om LA s 89 (4)
Purpose of regulation
s 3am A2004‑60 amdt 1.417, amdt 1.418
Administering authority
s 6am A2011‑22 amdt 1.312
sub A2024‑29 amdt 1.13
Infringement notice offences
s 7am A2004‑60 amdt 1.419
Authorised people for infringement notice offences
s 12am A2015‑15 amdt 3.72, amdt 3.73
Charitable Collections Act infringement notice offences and penalties
sch 1am A2024‑29 amdt 1.14; items renum R6 LA
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
31 Oct 200331 Oct 2003–
31 Oct 2004not amended new regulation R2
1 Nov 20041 Nov 2004–
9 Jan 2005A2004‑60 editorial amendments under Legislation Act R3
10 Jan 200510 Jan 2005–
30 June 2011A2004‑60 amendments by A2004‑60 R4
1 July 20111 July 2011–
9 June 2015A2011-22 amendments by A2011-22 R5
10 June 201510 June 2015–
15 July 2024A2015‑15 amendments by A2015‑15
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