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343A: Infringement offences
or “Rules about small crimes you can be fined for without going to court”
You could also call this:

“When someone breaks a small rule, they can be taken to court or given a special notice.”

If someone is thought to have committed an infringement offence, there are two ways to handle it. You can either be taken to court by having a charging document filed against you under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, or you can be given an infringement notice as described in section 343C. These are the two options for dealing with an alleged infringement offence under this law.

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Part 12 Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers
Infringement offences

343BCommission of infringement offence

  1. Where any person is alleged to have committed an infringement offence, that person may either—

  2. be proceeded against by filing a charging document under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011; or
    1. be served with an infringement notice as provided for in section 343C.

      Notes
      • Section 343B: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
      • Section 343B(a): replaced, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).