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Telecommunications Act 2001

Enforcement - Enforcement of statutory and regulatory provisions - Civil infringement notice

156D: Civil infringement notice

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"A warning notice you get if you break a telecommunications rule, telling you what to do next"

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If you get a civil infringement notice, it must be given to you within 12 months of when the breach allegedly happened. The notice must be in a special form and include details like when and how the breach happened. It must also tell you how much you have to pay, where to pay it, and when you have to pay it, as well as what might happen if you do not pay on time, and that you have the right to object to the notice under section 156E.

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Part 4AEnforcement
Enforcement of statutory and regulatory provisions: Civil infringement notice

156DCivil infringement notice

  1. A civil infringement notice must be served within 12 months after the day on which a breach of any of the provisions set out in section 156A is alleged to have been committed.

  2. A civil infringement notice must be in the prescribed form and must contain the following particulars:

  3. sufficient details to inform the person issued with the notice of the time, manner, and nature of the alleged breach:
    1. the amount of the pecuniary penalty prescribed to be paid for the alleged breach:
      1. the address at which the pecuniary penalty may be paid or an explanation of how payment of the pecuniary penalty is to be made, or both:
        1. the time within which the pecuniary penalty must be paid:
          1. a statement of what may happen if the person does not pay the pecuniary penalty by that time:
            1. a statement of the person's right to object, under section 156E, to the notice:
              1. any other prescribed information (if any).

                Notes
                • Section 156D: inserted, on , by section 54 of the Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 83).