Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913:reg:8:p87
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00913
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 87/105)
Character Range: 604786–607351

the alleged offence.

7.05  Contents of infringement notice
 (1) An infringement notice:
 (a) must bear a unique number; and
 (b) must state the name of the authorised person who issued it, and:
 (i) if he or she is a law enforcement officer—the name of the police force or police service of which he or she is a member, protective service officer or special protective service officer; or
 (ii) if he or she is an airport security guard, aviation security inspector or eligible customs officer—that fact; and
 (c) must state its date of issue; and
 (d) must state the full name, or the surname and initials, and the address, of the person to whom it is issued; and
 (e) must give brief details of the alleged offence for which it is issued, including:
 (i) the date and time of the alleged offence; and
 (ii) where the alleged offence happened; and
 (iii) the provision of the Act or these Regulations that was allegedly contravened; and
 (f) must state the penalty for the alleged offence payable under the notice; and
 (g) must state where and how that penalty can be paid (including, if the penalty can be paid by posting the payment, the place to which it should be posted); and
 (h) must state that if the person to whom it is issued (the recipient) pays the penalty within 28 days after the day when the notice is served (or any longer time allowed in writing by an aviation security inspector), then (unless the infringement notice is subsequently withdrawn and any penalty paid refunded):
 (i) any liability of the recipient for the alleged offence will be discharged; and
 (ii) the recipient will not be prosecuted in a court for the alleged offence; and
 (iii) the recipient will not be taken to have been convicted of the alleged offence; and
 (i) must state the maximum penalty that a court could impose on the recipient for the alleged offence; and
 (j) must state that if the recipient is prosecuted in court and found guilty of the offence, the recipient may be convicted of the offence and ordered to pay a penalty and costs, and be subject to any other order that the court makes; and
 (k) must state how and to whom the recipient can apply to be allowed more time to pay the penalty; and
 (l) must be signed by the authorised person who issued it.
 (2) An infringement notice may contain any other information that the authorised person who issues it thinks necessary.

7.06  Service of infringement notices
 (1) An infringement notice must be served on the person to whom it is issued.
 (2) An infringement notice may be served on an individual: