Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:2:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 14/45)
Character Range: 689207–691725

relation to a prescribed offence, not being an offence constituted by a failure to do a particular act or thing:
 (a) if, within the period specified in the notice, the person pays the prescribed penalty to the Registrar—no proceedings may be instituted against the person in respect of the prescribed offence; or
 (b) if, at the end of the period specified in the notice, the person has not paid the prescribed penalty to the Registrar—proceedings may be instituted against the person in respect of the prescribed offence.
 (7) The payment of an amount by a person pursuant to a notice served on the person under this section in relation to a prescribed offence is not taken for any purpose to be an admission by that person of any liability in connection with the alleged commission of the prescribed offence.
 (8) Except as provided by paragraphs (5)(a) and (b) and (6)(a), this section does not affect the operation of any provision of this Act, of the regulations, of the rules or of any other Act in relation to the institution of proceedings in respect of offences that are prescribed offences for the purposes of this section.
 (9) In this section:
prescribed offence means an offence against this Act that the regulations prescribe for the purposes of this section.
prescribed penalty, in relation to a prescribed offence in relation to which the Registrar may give, or has given, to a person a notice under subsection (1), means a penalty of the amount that the regulations prescribe in relation to the offence.

566‑10  Continuing offences
 (1) If:
 (a) by or under a provision, an act is or was required to be done within a particular period or before a particular time; and
 (b) failure to do the act within that period or before that time constitutes an offence; and
 (c) the act is not done within that period or before that time;
then:
 (d) the obligation to do the act continues, after that period has ended or that time has passed, and whether or not a person is or has been convicted of a primary substantive offence in relation to failure to do the act, until the act is done; and
 (e) subsections (3) and (4) apply.
 (2) If:
 (a) by or under a provision, an act is or was required to be done but neither a period nor a time for the doing of the act is or was specified; and
 (b) failure to do the act constitutes an offence; and
 (c) a person is or has been convicted of a primary substantive offence in relation to failure to do the act;
then:
 (d) the obligation to do the act continues, despite