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Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Regulatory and enforcement matters - Infringement offences

64: Revocation of infringement notice before payment made

You could also call this:

"Cancelling a fine notice before you pay"

The chief executive can cancel an infringement notice before you pay the fee or before a court orders you to pay a fine. This can happen at any time before these actions occur.

If the chief executive cancels the notice, they must try their best to let you know about it. They need to make sure you're aware that the notice is no longer valid.

Even if the notice is cancelled before you pay the fee, you're not off the hook yet. The chief executive can still take further action against you for the same issue that led to the original notice. This means they could issue a new notice or take other steps to address the matter.

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Part 4Regulatory and enforcement matters
Infringement offences

64Revocation of infringement notice before payment made

  1. The chief executive 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 chief executive 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 62(1)(a) or (b) against the person to whom the notice was issued in respect of the same matter.