Penalty Units Act (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

PENALTIES ACT

As in force at 5 August 2002

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 5 August 2002

PENALTIES ACT

An Act to provide for monetary penalties for offences to be expressed as penalty units

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Penalties Act.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the date fixed by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette.

3Penalty units

• (1)

  A reference to a penalty for an offence against a provision of an Act or to an amount that may be imposed as a fine or penalty under an Act expressed as a number of penalty units (whether fractional or whole) is to be read as a reference to an amount of money equal to the amount obtained by multiplying $110 by the number of penalty units.

• (2)

  In its application to an Act, subsection (1) yields to a contrary intention in the Act.

4Effect of changing amount of penalty unit

If the amount prescribed by section 3 is changed, the new amount applies in calculating the amount of each penalty unit for an offence against a provision of an Act only in respect of an offence committed after the commencement of the provision effecting the change.

5Interpretation

In this Act:

Act includes an instrument of legislative or administrative character.

penalty for an offence includes an amount that may be paid under an infringement notice instead of the penalty that may otherwise be imposed for the offence.

ENDNOTES

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  KEY

Key to abbreviations

 

amd = amended od = order

app = appendix om = omitted

bl = by-law pt = Part

ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule

cl = clause rem = remainder

div = Division renum = renumbered

exp = expires/expired rep = repealed

f = forms s = section

Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule

hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision

ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation

lt = long title sub = substituted

nc = not commenced

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  LIST OF LEGISLATION

Penalties Act 1999 (Act No. 2, 1999)
Assent date	26 February 1999
Commenced	1 April 1999 (Gaz G11, 24 March 1999, p 3)
Miscellaneous (Interpretation Act and Penalties Act) Amendment Act 2000 (Act No. 28, 2000)
Assent date	27 June 2000
Commenced	s 4: 1 April 1999 (s 2, s 2 Penalties Act 1999 and Gaz G11, 24 March 1999, p 3)
Penalties Amendment Act 2002 (Act No. 15, 2002)
Assent date	7 June 2002
Commenced	s 4(1): 1 April 1999 (s 2, s 2 Penalties Act 1999 and Gaz G11, 24 March 1999, p 3); s 4(2): 5 August 2002 (Gaz G25, 26 June 2002, p 2)

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  LIST OF AMENDMENTS

s 3                     amd No. 15, 2002, s 4(1) and (2)

s 5                     ins No. 28, 2000, s 4