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Electricity Act 1992

Miscellaneous provisions - General electricity matters - Infringement offences

165B: Infringement notices

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“Rules about getting a warning or fine for breaking electricity laws”

When you break the rules about electricity, WorkSafe or the Registrar can give you an infringement notice. This is like a warning or a fine. They can do this if they think you’ve done something wrong and no one else has already taken action against you for the same thing.

WorkSafe or the Registrar can cancel the infringement notice before you pay the fine. They can do this even before a court makes you pay. To cancel the notice, they need to tell you in writing that it’s cancelled.

When we talk about ‘enforcement action’, we mean different things for different people. For WorkSafe or the Registrar, it means they can file a charge against you in court or give you an infringement notice. For other people, it just means they can file a charge against you in court.

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Part 14 Miscellaneous provisions
General electricity matters: Infringement offences

165BInfringement notices

  1. WorkSafe or the Registrar may issue an infringement notice to a person if—

  2. WorkSafe or the Registrar believes on reasonable grounds that the person is committing, or has committed, an infringement offence; and
    1. WorkSafe, the Registrar, or another person has not taken enforcement action against the same defendant in respect of the same matter.

      1. WorkSafe or the Registrar may revoke an infringement notice before the infringement fee is paid, or before an order for payment of a fine is made or deemed to be made by a court under section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

      2. An infringement notice is revoked by giving written notice to the person to whom it was issued that the notice is revoked.

      3. For the purposes of this section, enforcement action means,—

      4. in relation to WorkSafe or the Registrar,—
        1. the filing of a charging document under this Act; or
          1. the issuing of an infringement notice under this Act; and
          2. in relation to a person other than WorkSafe or the Registrar, the filing of a charging document under this Act.

            Notes
            • Section 165B: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).
            • Section 165B(1): amended, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).
            • Section 165B(1)(a): amended, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).
            • Section 165B(1)(b): amended, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).
            • Section 165B(2): amended, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).
            • Section 165B(4)(a): amended, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).
            • Section 165B(4)(a)(i): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
            • Section 165B(4)(b): amended, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).
            • Section 165B(4)(b): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).