Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulations 2002
Subordinate Law SL2002-34

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations under the Magistrates Court Act 1930.
Dated 21 November 2002.
Ted Quinlan
Minister
Bill Wood
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulations 2002
Subordinate Law SL2002-34
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulations	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Purpose of regulations	1
	4	Notes	1
	5	Meaning of water restrictions regulations	1
	6	Administering authority	1
	7	Infringement notice offences	2
	8	Infringement notice penalties	2
	9	Identifying particulars for person served	2
	10	Identifying particulars for authorised person for infringement notice	3
	11	Identifying particulars for authorised person for reminder notice	3
	12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences	3
Schedule 1	Water restrictions regulations infringement notice offences and penalties	4

1	Name of regulations
These regulations are the Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulations 2002.
2	Commencement
These regulations commence on the day after their notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Purpose of regulations
The purpose of these regulations is to create a system of infringement notices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 8, for certain offences against the water restrictions regulations.
Note	The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 8 provides a system of infringement notices for offences against various Acts.  The infringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.
4	Notes
A note included in these regulations is explanatory and is not part of these regulations.
Note	See Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5	Meaning of water restrictions regulations
For these regulations, the water restrictions regulations are the Utilities (Water Restrictions) Regulations 2002 
6	Administering authority 
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulations is ACTEW Corporation Limited.
7	Infringement notice offences 
The Act, part 8 applies to an offence against a provision of the water restrictions regulations mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
8	Infringement notice penalties 
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the water restrictions regulations, 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 water restrictions regulations, 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 water restrictions regulations is $34.
9	Identifying particulars for person served 
An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulations must identify the person as follows:
	(a)	if the person is a company registered under the Corporations Act—by the company’s ACN;
	(b)	if the person is a business with a business name registered under the Business Names Act 1963—by the registered business name.
10	Identifying particulars for authorised person for infringement notice
An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulations must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; and
	(b)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
11	Identifying particulars for authorised person for reminder notice 
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulations must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; and
	(b)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences 
An authorised person under the Utilities Act 2001, section 114 may serve—
	(a)	an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulations; and
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulations.

Schedule 1	Water restrictions regulations infringement notice offences and penalties
(see reg 7 and reg 8)

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty units)	column 4
infringement penalty
($)	
1	10	10	200	
2	13	10	200	

Endnotes
Penalty units
1	The Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties that are expressed in penalty units.
Notification
2	Notified under the Legislation Act on 	21 November 2002.
	(see www.legislation.act.gov.au)

© Australian Capital Territory 2002