Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2015
Subordinate Law SL2015-20

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Magistrates Court Act 1930.
Dated 9 June 2015.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Joy Burch
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2015
Subordinate Law SL2015-20
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Dictionary	1
	4	Notes	1
	5	Purpose of regulation	2
	6	Administering authority	2
	7	Infringement notice offences	2
	8	Infringement notice penalties	2
	9	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person	3
	10	Contents of infringement notices—other information	3
	11	Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person	3
	12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences	4
Schedule 1	Nature Conservation Act 2014 infringement notice offences and penalties	5
Dictionary		8

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Nature Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2015.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on the later of—
	(a)	the commencement of the Nature Conservation Act 2014, section 3; and
	(b)	the day after this regulation’s 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, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other terms defined elsewhere.
For example, the signpost definition ‘conservation officer—see the Nature Conservation Act 2014, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘conservation officer’ is defined in that dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.
Note 2	A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) 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 Nature Conservation Act 2014.
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 Nature Conservation Act 2014 is the conservator of flora and fauna.
7	Infringement notice offences
The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the Nature Conservation Act 2014 mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
8	Infringement notice penalties
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the Nature Conservation Act 2014, 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 Nature Conservation Act 2014, 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 Nature Conservation Act 2014 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 Nature Conservation Act 2014 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 Nature Conservation Act 2014 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 Nature Conservation Act 2014 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
A conservation officer may serve the following:
	(a)	an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the Nature Conservation Act 2014;
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Nature Conservation Act 2014.

Schedule 1	Nature Conservation Act 2014 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 	135 (1)	50	1500	
2 	138 (1)	50	1500	
3 	147 (1)	50	1500	
4 	149 (1)	25	750	
5 	149 (2)	50	1500	
6 	152 (1)	25	750	
7 	152 (2)	50	1500	
8 	209 (1)	50	1500	
9 	213 (1)	20	600	
10 	214 (1)	50	1500	
11 	215 (1)	10	300	
12 	216 (1)	30	900	
13 	217 (1)	50	1500	
14 	218 (1)	50	1500	
15 	219 (1)	30	900	
16 	219 (2)	30	900	
17 	220 (1)	30	900	
18 	221 (1)	30	900	
19 	222 (1)	50	1500	
20 	222 (2)	50	1500	
21 	222 (3)	50	1500	
22 	222 (4)	50	1500	
23 	223 (1)	50	1500	
24 	224 (1)	50	1500	
25 	225 (1)	50	1500	
26 	227 (1)	20	600	
27 	230 (1)	20	600	
28 	238 (1)	50	1500	
29 	247 (1)	50	1500	
30 	257 (1)	10	300	
31 	257 (2)	30	900	
32 	258 (1)	20	600	
33 	258 (2)	50	1500	
34 	260 (1)	50	1500	
35 	263 (1)	20	600	
36 	263 (2)	30	900	
37 	295 (1)	1	30	
38 	302 (1)	10	300	
39 	306 (1)	10	300	
40 	306 (2)	20	600	
41 	320 (1)	5	150	
42 	322 (1)	10	300	
43 	324 (1)	50	1500	
44 	326 (1)	10	300	
45 	328 (1)	10	300	
46 	330 (1)	50	1500	
47 	342 (7)	20	600	
48 	355 (4)	20	600	

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:
·	conservator of flora and fauna
·	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.
conservation officer—see the Nature Conservation Act 2014, dictionary.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 10 June 2015.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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