Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulation 2002 (repealed)    
SL2002-34
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Republication No 5
Effective:  31 March 2006
Republication date: 31 March 2006
As repealed by A2006-11 s 12

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulation 2002 (repealed), made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 31 March 2006.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulation 2002 (repealed)
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	2
	3	Purpose of regulation	2
	4	Notes	2
	5	Meaning of water restrictions regulation	2
	6	Administering authority	2
	7	Infringement notice offences	3
	8	Infringement notice penalties	3
	9	Identifying particulars for person served	3
	10	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person	4
	11	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person	4
	12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences	4
Schedule 1	Water restrictions regulation infringement notice offences and penalties	5
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	6
	2	Abbreviation key	6
	3	Legislation history	7
	4	Amendment history	7
	5	Earlier republications	8

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulation 2002 (repealed)     

made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    

  

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulation 2002.
3	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 water restrictions section.
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.
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	Meaning of water restrictions regulation
For this regulation, the water restrictions regulation is the Utilities (Water Restrictions) Regulation 2002. 
6	Administering authority
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulation is ACTEW Corporation Limited.
7	Infringement notice offences
The Act, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the water restrictions regulation mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
8	Infringement notice penalties
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the water restrictions regulation, 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 regulation, 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 regulation 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 regulation 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	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person
An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulation must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
11	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulation must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences
An authorised person under the Utilities Act 2000, section 114 may serve—
	(a)	an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulation; and
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the water restrictions regulation.

Schedule 1	Water restrictions regulation infringement notice offences and penalties
(see s 7 and s 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
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	pt = part	
div = division	r = rule/subrule	
exp = expires/expired	renum = renumbered	
Gaz = gazette	reloc = relocated	
hdg = heading	R[X] = Republication No	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	RI = reissue	
ins = inserted/added	s = section/subsection	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	sch = schedule	
LR = legislation register	sdiv = subdivision	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sub = substituted	
mod = modified/modification	SL = Subordinate Law	
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired	
3	Legislation history
This regulation was originally the Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulations 2002.  It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.
Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulation 2002 SL2002-34
notified LR 21 November 2002
s 1, s 2 commenced 21 November 2002 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 22 November 2002 (s 2)
as amended by
Court Procedures (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 A2004-60 sch 1 pt 1.49
notified LR 2 September 2004
s 1, s 2 commenced 2 September 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.49 commenced 10 January 2005 (s 2 and see Court Procedures Act 2004 A2004-59, s 2 and CN2004-29)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2005 A2005-20 sch 3 pt 3.40
notified LR 12 May 2005
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 8 March 2005 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 3 pt 3.40 commenced 2 June 2005 (s 2 (1))
as repealed by
Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006 SL2006-11 s 12
notified LR 30 March 2006
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 March 2006 (LA s 75 (1))
s 12 commenced 31 March 2006 (s 2 and CN2006-5)
4	Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1	am R2 LA
Commencement
s 2	om LA s 89 (4)
Purpose of regulation
s 3	am A2004-60 amdt 1.438, amdt 1.439
Infringement notice offences
s 7	am A2004-60 amdt 1.440
Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person
s 10	am A2005-20 amdt 3.316
Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person
s 11	am A2005-20 amdt 3.316

5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for	
R1
22 Nov 2002	22 Nov 2002—
2 Nov 2004	not amended	new regulation	
R2
3 Nov 2004	3 Nov 2004—
9 Jan 2005	A2004-60	editorial amendments under Legislation Act	
R3
10 Jan 2005	10 Jan 2005–
1 June 2005	A2004-60	amendments by A2004-60	
R4
2 June 2005	2 June 2005–
30 Mar 2006	A2005-20	amendments by A2005-20	

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