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

Magistrates Court (Hawkers Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 (repealed)   

SL2003-37

made under the

Magistrates Court Act 1930

Republication No 6

Effective:  15 October 2015

Republication date: 15 October 2015

As repealed by A2015‑15 s 4 (1)

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Hawkers Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 (repealed), made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 15 October 2015. 

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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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 does not include 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 $150 for an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Magistrates Court (Hawkers Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 (repealed)

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 Hawkers 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 Hawkers Act infringement notice offences and penalties    5

Endnotes

1            About the endnotes  6

2            Abbreviation key  6

3            Legislation history  7

4            Amendment history  8

5            Earlier republications  9

Magistrates Court (Hawkers Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 (repealed)

made under the

Magistrates Court Act 1930

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Hawkers 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 Hawkers 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 the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.

4. Meaning of Hawkers Act

   In this regulation:

   Hawkers Act means the Hawkers Act 2003.

5. Administering authority

   The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the Hawkers Act is the director‑general for that Act.

6. Infringement notice offences

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

7. Infringement notice penalties

   (1)The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the Hawkers 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 Hawkers 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 Hawkers 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 Hawkers 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 Hawkers 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 Hawkers Act, section 41 (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.

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 Hawkers 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 Hawkers Act, section 41 (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.

11. Authorised people for infringement notice offences

    Anyone who is an authorised person under the Hawkers Act, section 40 (Authorised people), may serve the following:

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

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

Schedule 1Hawkers 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	10 (1)	30	200
2	11 (1)	10	100
3	11 (2)	10	100
4	12 (1)	10	100
5	12 (2)	10	100
6	13 (1)	10	100
7	13 (2)	10	100
8	14 (1)	10	100
9	15 (1)	10	100
10	15 (2)	10	100
11	16 (2)	5	50
12	16 (3)	5	50
13	26 (1)	5	50
14	32 (1)	5	50
15	37 (1)	5	50
16	37 (3)	5	50
17	42 (3)	5	50

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 (Hawkers Infringement Notices) Regulations 2003.  It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.

   Magistrates Court (Hawkers Infringement Notices) Regulation 2003 SL2003-37

   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 1.44

   notified LR 2 September 2004
   s 1. s 2 commenced 2 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
   sch 1 pt 1.44 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 1.102

   notified LR 30 June 2011
   s 1, s 2 commenced 30 June 2011 (LA s 75 (1))

   sch 1 pt 1.102 commenced 1 July 2011 (s 2 (1))

   Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015‑15 sch 3 pt 3.25

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

   sch 3 pt 3.25 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)

   as repealed by

   Red Tape Reduction Legislation Amendment Act 2015 A2015-33 s 4

   notified LR 30 September 2015
   s 1, s 2 commenced 30 September 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
   s 4 commenced 14 October 2015 (s 2)

2. Amendment history

   Name of regulation

   s 1am R2 LA

   Commencement

   s 2om LA s 89 (4)

   Purpose of regulation

   s 3am A2004‑60 amdt 1.423, amdt 1.424

   Administering authority

   s 6am A2011‑22 amdt 1.314

   Infringement notice offences

   s 7am A2004‑60 amdt 1.425

   Authorised people for infringement notice offences

   s 12am A2015‑15 amdt 3.104, amdt 3.105

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.  Except for the footer, electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for
R1 31 Oct 2003	31 Oct 2003– 31 Oct 2004	not amended	new regulation
R2 1 Nov 2004	1 Nov 2004– 9 Jan 2005	A2004‑60	editorial amendments under Legislation Act
R3 10 Jan 2005	10 Jan 2005– 30 June 2011	A2004‑60	amendments by A2004‑60
R4 1 July 2011	1 July 2011– 9 June 2015	A2011-22	amendments by A2011-22
R5 10 June 2015	10 June 2015– 14 Oct 2015	A2015‑15	amendments by A2015‑15