89Infringement notices

1. An enforcement officer may issue an infringement notice on a person if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person is committing or has committed an infringement offence.

2. An enforcement officer may deliver the infringement notice (or a copy of it) to the person alleged to have committed the infringement offence—

3. by delivering it personally or by post addressed to that person's last known place of residence or business; and
4. regardless of whether the enforcement officer issued the infringement notice.

5. An infringement notice (or a copy of it) sent to a person under subsection (2) is to be treated as having been served on that person when it was posted.

6. An infringement notice must be in the prescribed form and must contain the following particulars:

7. such details of the alleged infringement offence as are sufficient fairly to inform a person of the time, place, and nature of the alleged offence; and
8. the amount of the infringement fee; and
9. the address of the place at which the infringement fee may be paid; and
10. the time within which the infringement fee must be paid; and
11. a summary of the provisions of section 21(10) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957; and
12. a statement that the person served with the notice has a right to request a hearing; and
13. a statement of what will happen if the person served with the notice neither pays the infringement fee nor requests a hearing; and
14. any other particulars that may be prescribed.

15. If an infringement notice has been issued under this section, the procedure under section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 may be used in respect of the offence to which the infringement notice relates and, in that case, the provisions of that section apply with all necessary modifications.