Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Dangerous Goods Road Transport Infringement Notices) Regulation 2010
Subordinate Law SL2010-42

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Magistrates Court Act 1930.
Dated 21 October 2010.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Katy Gallagher
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Dangerous Goods Road Transport Infringement Notices) Regulation 2010
Subordinate Law SL2010-42
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    
    
Contents
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	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Dictionary	1
	4	Notes	1
	5	Purpose of regulation	1
	6	Administering authority—Act, s 117	2
	7	Infringement notice offences—Act, s 117	2
	8	Infringement notice penalties—Act, s 117	2
	9	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person—Act, s 121 (1) (g)	3
	10	Contents of infringement notices—other information—Act, s 121 (1) (h)	3
	11	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person—Act, s 130 (f)	4
	12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences—Act, s 134A (2)	4
Schedule 1	Dangerous goods legislation infringement notice offences and penalties	5
Part 1.1	Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009	5
Part 1.2	Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Regulation 2010	6
Dictionary		10

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Dangerous Goods Road Transport Infringement Notices) Regulation 2010.
2	Commencement
This regulation 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	Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1	The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in this regulation.
Note 2	A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
4	Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
Note	See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5	Purpose of regulation
The purpose of this regulation is to create a system of infringement notices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences against the dangerous goods legislation.
Note	The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of infringement notices for offences against various Acts. The infringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.
6	Administering authority—Act, s 117
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the dangerous goods legislation is the entity declared to be the competent authority for the Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009, section 20.
7	Infringement notice offences—Act, s 117
The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the dangerous goods legislation mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
8	Infringement notice penalties—Act, s 117
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the dangerous goods legislation, under an infringement notice for the offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.
	(2)	The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the dangerous goods legislation, under an infringement notice for the offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.
	(3)	The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the dangerous goods legislation is $34.
9	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person—Act, s 121 (1) (g)
An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the dangerous goods legislation must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	for an authorised person who is a police officer––the police officer’s service number; or
	(b)	for an authorised person appointed under the Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009, section 23 (2)––
	(i)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(ii)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
10	Contents of infringement notices—other information—Act, s 121 (1) (h)
	(1)	An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the dangerous goods legislation must include the company’s ACN.
Note	The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).
	(2)	In this section:
company means a company registered under the Corporations Act.
11	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person—Act, s 130 (f)
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the dangerous goods legislation must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	for an authorised person who is a police officer––the police officer’s service number; or
	(b)	for an authorised person appointed under the Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009, section 23 (2)––
	(i)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(ii)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences—Act, s 134A (2)
An authorised person under the Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009, section 23 may serve—
	(a)	an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the dangerous goods legislation; and
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the dangerous goods legislation.
Note	Police officers and people appointed by the competent authority are authorised people under the Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009, s 23.

Schedule 1	Dangerous goods legislation infringement notice offences and penalties
(see s 7 and s 8)
Part 1.1	Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty units)	column 4
infringement penalty
($)	
1	28 (3)	100	2 200	
2	29 (2)	100	2 200	
3	36 (1)	50	1 100	
4	37 (1)	50	1 100	
5	40 (1)	50	1 100	
6	44 (1)	50	1 100	
7	48 (1)	50	1 100	
8	50 (1)	50	1 100	
9	52 (1)	50	1 100	
10	58 (1)	50	1 100	
11	84 (4)	50	1 100	
12	87 (1)	100	2 200	

Part 1.2	Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Regulation 2010

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty units)	column 4
infringement penalty
($)	
1	33 (1)	40	880	
2	48 (1) 	40	880	
3	48 (2)	40	880	
4	57 (1)	40	880	
5	65 (1) 	40	880	
6	65 (3)	40	880	
7	66 (1)	40	880	
8	67 (1)	40	880	
9	70 (1)	40	880	
10	72 (1)	20	440	
11	78 (1)			
11.1	·	if the package is large packaging or an overpack	20	440	
11.2	·	in any other case	10	220	
12	78 (2) 			
12.1	·	if the package is large packaging or an overpack	20	440	
12.1	·	in any other case	10	220	
13	79 (1) 			
13.1	·	if the package is large packaging or an overpack	20	440	
13.2	·	in any other case	10	220	
14	94 (1)	40	880	
15	97 (1)	40	880	
16	101 (1)	20	440	
17	108 (1)	20	440	
18	119 (1)	40	880	
19	122 (1)	20	440	
20	122 (3)	20	440	
21	123 (1)	20	440	
22	125 (1)	10	220	
23	126 (1)	20	440	
24	128 (1)	10	220	
25	131 (1)	20	440	
26	134 (1)	15	330	
27	135 (1)	20	440	
28	136 (1)	15	330	
29	136 (2)	15	330	
30	139 (1)	20	440	
31	140 (1)	15	330	
32	140 (2)	15	330	
33	140 (3)	15	330	
34	142 (1)	40	880	
35	143 (1)	40	880	
36	144 (1)	15	330	
37	145 (2)	10	220	
38	147 (1)	10	220	
39	148 (1)	15	330	
40	149 (2)	40	880	
41	149 (3)	40	880	
42	149 (4)	40	880	
43	150 (1)	40	880	
44	151 (1)	40	880	
45	152 (1)	40	880	
46	153 (2)	15	330	
47	153 (3)	15	330	
48	154 (2)	40	880	
49	155 (2)	20	440	
50	155 (3)	20	440	
51	156 (1)	40	880	
52	156 (2)	40	880	
53	157 (1)	40	880	
54	157 (2)	40	880	
55	158 (2)	20	440	
56	159 (2)	20	440	
57	159 (3)	20	440	
58	196 (1)	40	880	
59	197 (1)	40	880	
60	209 (1)	10	220	
61	218 (1)	10	220	
62	218 (2)	10	220	
63	218 (3)	10	220	
64	218 (4)	10	220	
65	220 (3)	10	220	
66	220 (4)	10	220	
67	223 (1)	40	880	
68	227 (2)	10	220	
69	228 (2)	10	220	
70	238 (1)	15	330	

Dictionary
(see s 3)
Note 1	The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.
Note 2	For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
·	corporation
·	Corporations Act
·	individual.
Note 3	Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (see Legislation Act, s 148).  For example, the following terms are defined in the Magistrates Court Act 1930, dict:
·	administering authority
·	authorised person
·	infringement notice
·	infringement notice offence
·	reminder notice.
dangerous goods legislation means—
	(a)	the Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Act 2009; and
	(b)	the Dangerous Goods (Road Transport) Regulation 2010.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 28 October 2010.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2010