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Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Infringement offences

150: Infringement offences

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You can be charged with an infringement offence in two ways. You may be given a charging document under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. You may be issued with an infringement notice under section 151. If you are given a charging document, you do not need a District Court Judge or Registrar to agree under section 21(1)(a) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957. You can look at section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 to see what happens if you get an infringement notice. This will tell you what to do next.

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Infringement offences

150Infringement offences

  1. A person who is alleged to have committed an infringement offence may—

  2. be proceeded against by the filing of a charging document under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011; or
    1. be issued with an infringement notice under section 151.

      1. Proceedings commenced in the way described in subsection (1)(a) do not require the leave of a District Court Judge or Registrar under section 21(1)(a) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

      2. See section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 for the procedure that applies if an infringement notice is issued.

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