Australian Capital Territory
Legislation (Penalty Units) Amendment Act 2009
A2009-35

An Act to amend the Legislation Act 2001

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Legislation (Penalty Units) Amendment Act 2009.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This Act amends the Legislation Act 2001.
4	Penalty units
Section 133 (1)
substitute
	(1)	In a law, if a penalty for an offence is expressed as a number (whether whole or fractional) of penalty units, the penalty for the offence is a fine of that number of penalty units.
	(1A)	A penalty unit is—
	(a)	for an offence committed by an individual—$110; or
	(b)	for an offence committed by a corporation—$550.
Example
‘Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.’ means that a person who is convicted of the relevant offence is liable to a maximum fine of 10 penalty units.
·	If the person is an individual, the maximum fine is, therefore, $1 100 ($110 x 10).
·	If the person is a corporation, the maximum fine is, therefore, $5 500 ($550 x 10).
Note	An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see s 126 and s 132).

Endnotes
1	Presentation speech
	Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 20 August 2009.
2	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 20 October 2009.
3	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Legislation (Penalty Units) Amendment Bill 2009, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 13 October 2009. 

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

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