Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Enforcement - Offences - Infringement offences

163: Infringement notice may be revoked

You could also call this:

"A fine can be cancelled before you pay it, and you'll get a written notice saying it's cancelled."

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You can have an infringement notice cancelled before you pay the fee. The Registrar can cancel it or a court can make an order under section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957. The notice is cancelled when you get a written notice saying it is cancelled. You can still get in trouble for the same thing even if the notice is cancelled. This is because the cancellation does not stop any further action as described in section 161(1)(a) or (b). The action can be taken against you for the same matter. The cancellation is done by giving a written notice to the society that the notice is cancelled. This written notice is how you know the infringement notice is revoked. You will know the notice is cancelled when you get this written notice.

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162: When infringement notice may be issued, or

"When the Registrar can give a fine to a society for breaking the rules"

164: What infringement notice must contain, or

"What information must be in an infringement notice"

Part 4Enforcement
Offences: Infringement offences

163Infringement notice may be revoked

The Registrar may revoke an infringement notice before the infringement fee is paid, or 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.
An infringement notice is revoked by giving written notice to the society to which it was issued that the notice is revoked.
The revocation of an infringement notice before the infringement fee is paid is not a bar to any further action as described in section 161(1)(a) or (b) against the person to whom the notice was issued in respect of the same matter.