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Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025

Miscellaneous provisions - Compliance and enforcement - Infringement offences

273: Revocation of infringement notice before payment made

You could also call this:

"Cancelling a fine notice before you pay"

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If you get an infringement notice, the compliance officer can cancel it before you pay the fee. They can also cancel it before a court orders you to pay a fine under section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957. The compliance officer must tell you that your notice has been cancelled.

The compliance officer must make sure you know your notice has been cancelled. They have to take reasonable steps to inform you about the cancellation.

If your infringement notice is cancelled before you pay the fee, it does not stop any further action from being taken against you for the same matter, as described in section 270(1)(a) or (b).

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Part 5Miscellaneous provisions
Compliance and enforcement: Infringement offences

273Revocation of infringement notice before payment made

  1. The compliance officer may revoke an infringement notice before—

  2. the infringement fee is paid; or
    1. 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.

      1. The compliance officer must take reasonable steps to ensure that the person to whom the notice was issued is made aware of the revocation of the notice.

      2. The revocation of an infringement notice before the infringement fee is paid is not a bar to any further action as described in section 270(1)(a) or (b) against the person to whom the notice was issued in respect of the same matter.