Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005 (ACT)

Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005   

SL2005-37

made under the

Magistrates Court Act 1930

Republication No 8

Effective:  28 April 2022

Republication date: 28 April 2022

Last amendment made by SL2021‑27

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005, 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 28 April 2022.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 28 April 2022. 

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 (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005

made under the

Magistrates Court Act 1930

Contents

Page

1            Name of regulation  2

3            Purpose of regulation  2

4            Dictionary  2

5            Notes  2

6            Administering authority  3

7           Infringement notice offences  3

8            Infringement notice penalties  3

9            Contents of infringement notices—other information  4

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 1 Environment protection legislation infringement notice offences and penalties  6

Part 1.1    Environment Protection Act 1997  6

Part 1.2    Environment Protection Regulation 2005  8

Dictionary11

Endnotes

1            About the endnotes  12

2            Abbreviation key  12

3            Legislation history  13

4            Amendment history  15

5            Earlier republications  16

Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005

made under the

Magistrates Court Act 1930

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005.

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 environment protection legislation.

   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. Dictionary

   The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.

   Note 1The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in this regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other terms defined elsewhere.

   For example, the signpost definition ‘authorised officer—see the Environment Protection Act 1997, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘authorised officer’ is defined in that dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.

   Note 2A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).

4. 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.

5. Administering authority

   The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the environment protection legislation is the environment protection authority.

6. Infringement notice offences

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

7. Infringement notice penalties

   (1)The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the environment protection legislation, under an infringement notice for the offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 of the item applying to the offence or, if there is more than 1 amount mentioned in the column, the amount applying to the individual.

   (2)The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the environment protection legislation, under an infringement notice for the offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 of the item applying to the offence or, if there is more than 1 amount mentioned in the column, the amount applying to the corporation.

   (3)The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the environment protection legislation 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 environment protection legislation 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 environment protection legislation must identify the authorised person by—

   (a)the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or

   (b)any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised person by the administering authority.

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 environment protection legislation must identify the authorised person by—

    (a)the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or

    (b)any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised person by the administering authority.

11. Authorised people for infringement notice offences

    An authorised officer may serve the following:

    (a)an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the environment protection legislation;

    (b)a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the environment protection legislation.

    NoteFor how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.

Schedule 1Environment protection legislation infringement notice offences and penalties

(see s 7 and s 8)

Part 1.1Environment Protection Act 1997

column 1 item	column 2 offence provision and, if relevant, case	column 3 offence penalty (penalty units)	column 4 infringement penalty ($)
1	42 (1)	200	1 000
2	42 (2)	200	1 000
3	44 (1)	200	1 000
4	45 (1)	200	1 000
5	67	10	50
6	69 (3)	50	500
7	71 (3) (a)
7.1	·    if notice under 71 (1) (c)	50	500
7.2	·    if notice under 71 (2) (a)	50	500
8	71 (3) (b)	50	500
9	76 (5)	50	500
10	77 (3)	50	500
11	78 (5)	50	500
12	82 (3)	50	500
13	84 (3) (a)
13.1	·    if notice under 84 (1) (c)	50	500
13.2	·    if notice under 84 (2) (a)	50	500
14	84 (3) (b)	50	500
15	92 (4)—if failure to comply with 92 (1)	50	1 000
16	134	100	500
17	139 (3)	50	500
18	141	50	100
19	142	100	500
20	148 (1)	20	250
21	149 (1)	20	250
22	149 (4)	50	250
23	159A (1)	10	100

Part 1.2Environment Protection Regulation 2005

column 1 item	column 2 offence provision and, if relevant, case	column 3 offence penalty (penalty units)	column 4 infringement penalty ($)
1	9 (1)	5	100
2	10 (1) (b) (i)	10	120
3	10 (1) (b) (ii)	10	120
4	10 (3) (b) (i)	10	120
5	10 (3) (b) (ii)	10	120
6	11 (5)	10	120
7	12 (1)	5	100
8	14 (3)	10	300
9	14 (4)	10	300
10	14A (1)	10	300
11	15 (1)	10	200
12	15 (2)	10	200
13	39 (1)	10	200
14	39 (2)	10	200
15	40 (1)	10	120
16	40 (2)	10	120
17	44 (1)	10	175
18	44 (2)	10	100
19	45 (1) (a)	10	100
20	45 (1) (b)	10	100
21	46 (1)	10	100
22	47 (1)	10	175
23	47 (2)	10	175
24	48 (2)	10	100
25	49 (2)	10	100
26	50 (1)	10	200
27	55 (1)	10	100
28	55 (2)	10	100
29	55A (1)	10	100
30	55A (2)	10	100
31	55B (1)	10	100
32	55F (1)	10	100
33	55G (1)	10	100
34	55H (1)	10	100
35	55I (1)	10	100
36	55J (1)	10	100
37	55K (1)	10	100
38	55L (1)	10	100
39	58 (1)	10	100
40	58 (2)	10	100
41	59 (1)	10	100
42	59 (2)	10	100
43	60 (1)	5	100
44	60 (2)	5	100
45	61 (1)	10	100
46	66B	10	175
47	66C	10	175

Dictionary

(see s 4)

Note 1The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.

Note 2For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

·     corporation

·     Corporations Act

·     environment protection authority

·     individual.

Note 3Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in the Magistrates Court Act 1930, dict:

·     administering authority

·     authorised person

·     infringement notice

·     infringement notice offence

·     reminder notice.

authorised officer—see the Environment Protection Act 1997, dictionary.

environment protection legislation means—

(a)the Environment Protection Act 1997; and

(b)the Environment Protection Regulation 2005.

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

   Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Regulation 2005 SL2005-37

   notified LR 11 November 2005
   s 1, s 2 commenced 11 November 2005 (LA s 75 (1))
   remainder commenced 12 November 2005 (s 2 and see Statute Law Amendment Act 2005 A2005-20, s 2 (2) and LA s 79)

   as amended by

   Statute Law Amendment Act 2007 A2007-3 sch 3 pt 3.66

   notified LR 22 March 2007
   s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2006 (LA s 75 (2))

   sch 3 pt 3.66 commenced 12 April 2007 (s 2 (1))

   Environment Protection (Fuel Sales Data) Amendment Act 2007 A2007-17 pt 3

   notified LR 14 June 2007
   s 1, s 2 commenced 14 June 2007 (LA s 75 (1))
   pt 3 commenced 1 July 2007 (s 2)

   Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2008 A2008-7 sch 1 pt 1.13

   notified LR 16 April 2008
   s 1, s 2 commenced 16 April 2008 (LA s 75 (1))

   sch 1 pt 1.13 commenced 7 May 2008 (s 2)

   Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015‑15 sch 3 pt 3.21

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

   sch 3 pt 3.21 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)

   Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulation 2015 (No 1) SL2015-43

   notified LR 21 December 2015
   s 1, s 2 commenced 21 December 2015 (LA s 75 (1))

   remainder commenced 22 December 2015 (s 2)

   Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017‑17 pt 8

   notified LR 14 June 2017

   s 1, s 2 commenced 14 June 2017 (LA s 75 (1))
   pt 8 commenced 31 August 2017 (s 2 (2))

   Magistrates Court (Environment Protection Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulation 2021 (No 1) SL2021-27

   notified LR 28 October 2021
   s 1, s 2 commenced 28 October 2021 (LA s 75 (1))

   remainder commenced 28 April 2022 (s 2 and see Environment Protection Amendment Regulation 2021 (No 1) SL2021-26 s 2)

2. Amendment history

   Commencement

   s 2om LA s 89 (4)

   Dictionary

   s 4am A2007‑3 amdt 3.367

   Authorised people for infringement notice offences

   s 12am A2015‑15 amdt 3.96, amdt 3.97

   Expiry—sch 1, pt 1.1

   s 13om A2008‑7 amdt 1.63

   Environment Protection Act 1997

   sch 1 pt 1.1am A2007‑17 s 6; items renum R3 LA

   Environment Protection Regulation 2005

   sch 1 pt 1.2am SL2015‑43 s 4; A2017‑17 s 26; items renum R7 LA; SL2021‑27 s 4, items renum R8 LA

   Dictionary

   dictdef authorised officer sub A2007‑3 amdt 3.368

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 12 Nov 2005	12 Nov 2005– 11 Apr 2007	not amended	new regulation
R2 12 Apr 2007	12 Apr 2007– 30 June 2007	A2007‑3	amendments by A2007‑3
R3 1 July 2007	1 July 2007– 6 May 2008	A2007‑17	amendments by A2007‑17
R4 7 May 2008	7 May 2008– 9 June 2015	A2008-7	amendments by A2008-7
R5 10 June 2015	10 June 2015– 21 Dec 2015	A2015-15	amendments by A2015-15
R6 22 Dec 2015	22 Dec 2015‑ 30 Aug 2017	SL2015‑43	amendments by SL2015‑43
R7 31 Aug 2017	31 Aug 2017‑ 27 Apr 2022	A2017‑17	amendments by A2017‑17