Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006
Subordinate Law SL2006-11

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Magistrates Court Act 1930.
Dated 30 March 2006.
Jon Stanhope
Minister
Simon Corbell
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006
Subordinate Law SL2006-11
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    

Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Purpose of regulation	1
	4	Notes	1
	5	Administering authority	2
	6	Infringement notice offences	2
	7	Infringement notice penalties	2
	8	Contents of infringement notices—other information	3
	9	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person	3
	10	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person	3
	11	Authorised people for infringement notice offences	4
	12	Legislation repealed	4
Schedule 1	Water conservation regulation infringement notice offences and penalties	5

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on a day fixed by the Minister by written notice.
Note 1	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
Note 2	A single day or time may be fixed, or different days or times may be fixed, for the commencement of different provisions (see Legislation Act, s 77 (1)).
Note 3	If a provision has not commenced within 6 months beginning on the notification day, it automatically commences on the first day after that period (see Legislation Act, s 79).
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 Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006.
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	Administering authority
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 is ACTEW Corporation Limited.
6	Infringement notice offences
The Act, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
7	Infringement notice penalties
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006, 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 Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006, 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 Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 is $34.
8	Contents of infringement notices—other information
	(1)	An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 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.
9	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 Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 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.
10	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 Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 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	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 Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006; and
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006.
12	Legislation repealed
The Magistrates Court (Utilities Infringement Notices) Regulation 2002 SL2002-34 is repealed.

Schedule 1	Water conservation regulation infringement notice offences and penalties
(see s6 and s 7)

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty units)	column 4
infringement penalty
($)	
1	7	10	200	
2	14	10	200	
3	17	10	200	
4	23	10	200	

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 30 March 2006.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2006