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Freedom Camping Act 2011

Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions - Proceedings

27: Who may serve infringement notices

You could also call this:

“Who can give out tickets for breaking freedom camping rules”

An enforcement officer can give you an infringement notice if they think you have broken or are breaking the freedom camping rules. They can do this if they have good reasons to believe you’ve done something wrong.

If the officer thinks a car was used to break the rules, they can give the infringement notice to the person who owns the car. They find out who owns the car by checking the official records.

The officer can give the notice to either the person they think broke the rules or the car owner. They don’t have to choose one or the other.

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Part 3 Enforcement, miscellaneous, and transitional provisions
Proceedings

27Who may serve infringement notices

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

  2. An enforcement officer who believes on reasonable grounds that a motor vehicle was used or is being used in the commission of an infringement offence may serve an infringement notice on the person who, at the time of the alleged offence, was the registered person in respect of the motor vehicle under Part 17 of the Land Transport Act 1998.

  3. Subsection (2) does not limit the generality of subsection (1).

Notes
  • Section 27: replaced, on , by section 25 of the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 24).