Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices) Regulation 2012
Subordinate Law SL2012-27

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Magistrates Court Act 1930.
Dated 27 June 2012.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Andrew Barr
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices) Regulation 2012
Subordinate Law SL2012-27
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	2
	7	Infringement notice offences	2
	8	Infringement notice penalties	2
	9	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person	2
	10	Contents of infringement notices—other information	3
	11	Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person	3
	12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences	3
Schedule 1	Electoral Act 1992 infringement notice offences and penalties	4
Dictionary		5

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Electoral Infringement Notices) Regulation 2012.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 July 2012.
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 provide for infringement notices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences against the Electoral Act 1992.
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
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the Electoral Act 1992 is the electoral commissioner.
7	Infringement notice offences
The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the Electoral Act 1992 mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
8	Infringement notice penalties
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the Electoral Act 1992, 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  Electoral Act 1992, 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 Electoral Act 1992 is $34.
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 Electoral Act 1992 must identify the authorised person by— 
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised person by the administering authority.
10	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 Electoral Act 1992 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 notices—identifying authorised person
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the Electoral Act 1992 must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised person by the administering authority.
12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences
An authorised person may serve—
	(a)	an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the Electoral Act 1992; and
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Electoral Act 1992.

Schedule 1	Electoral Act 1992 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	236 (1)	(a)	50
(b)	20	(a)	1100
(b)	440	
2	236 (2)	20	440 	

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.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 28 June 2012.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2012