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Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017

Enforcement and other matters - Offences - Provisions concerning infringement offences

82: Infringement notices

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If you break a rule under the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017, an enforcement officer can give you an infringement notice. The officer must believe you have broken a rule. They can give you the notice in person or send it to your home or work address. You are considered to have received the notice when it is posted. The notice must include details of what you did wrong, how much you have to pay, where to pay it, and when to pay it by. It must also tell you about your right to a hearing and what happens if you do not pay or ask for a hearing, as stated in section 21(10) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957. If you get an infringement notice, you can follow the procedure in section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 to deal with the offence.

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Part 3Enforcement and other matters
Offences: Provisions concerning infringement offences

82Infringement notices

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

  2. The enforcement officer may deliver the infringement notice (or a copy of it) in person to the person alleged to have committed an infringement offence or send the notice by post addressed to that person’s last known place of residence or business.

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

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

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

                  1. 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.