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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Final and miscellaneous provisions - Offences - Infringement offences

400: Infringement notices

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"Getting a fine for breaking customs rules: what happens when you get an infringement notice"

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If you break a rule under the Customs and Excise Act 2018, a Customs officer can give you an infringement notice. The officer must have good reasons to think you are breaking or have broken a rule. You can get an infringement notice if a Customs officer believes you have committed an infringement offence. A Customs officer can cancel an infringement notice by giving you a written notice, and this can happen at any time before you pay the fine or a court orders you to pay a fine under section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

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Part 6Final and miscellaneous provisions
Offences: Infringement offences

400Infringement notices

  1. A Customs officer may issue an infringement notice to a person if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is committing, or has committed, an infringement offence.

  2. An infringement notice may be revoked—

  3. by serving written notice on the person to whom the infringement notice was issued; and
    1. at any time before—
      1. the infringement fee is paid; or
        1. an order for payment of a fine is made or treated as having been made by a court under section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.