Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00823:section:270:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00823
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 270 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 477970–479250

the forfeiture notice relates to a contravention that is constituted by conduct that is substantially the same as the conduct alleged to constitute the contravention in the infringement notice.

Effect of payment of amount
 (7) If:
 (a) a person is given an infringement notice for an alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision of this Act; and
 (b) the person pays the amount stated in the notice before the end of the period referred to in paragraph 104(1)(h) of the Regulatory Powers Act; and
 (c) the notice has not been withdrawn;
the person may not be prosecuted in a court for an offence that is constituted by conduct that is the same, or substantially the same, as the conduct alleged to constitute the contravention in the notice.
 (8) Subsection (7) has effect in addition to section 107 of the Regulatory Powers Act.

External Territories
 (9) Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as it applies in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection (1), extends to every external Territory.

Geographical application
 (10) Sections 16, 17, 17A and 18 have effect as if a reference in those sections to this Act included a reference to Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as it applies in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.