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Animal Products Act 1999

Offences, penalties, and proceedings - Infringement offences

125A: Proceedings for infringement notices

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If you are alleged to have committed an infringement offence, this section applies to you. You may be taken to court by filing a charging document under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. Alternatively, you may be served with an infringement notice as provided in section 125B and section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 will apply to you.

If you are taken to court in the first way, you do not need a District Court Judge or Registrar to give you permission under section 21(1)(a) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957. You will still have to go through the court process.

You will have to follow the rules of the court, and the court will make a decision about your case.

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Part 10Offences, penalties, and proceedings
Infringement offences

125AProceedings for infringement notices

  1. This section applies when a person is alleged to have committed an infringement offence.

  2. The person may—

  3. 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 in section 125B and, in that case, section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 applies with all necessary modifications.

      1. Proceedings commenced in the way described in subsection (2)(a) do not require leave of a District Court Judge or Registrar under section 21(1)(a) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

      Notes
      • Section 125A: inserted, on , by section 148 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).