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Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act 2025

Permits, enforcement, and regulations for protected areas - Monitoring and enforcement - Infringement offences

56: Proceedings for infringement offences

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You can be charged with an infringement offence in two ways. You may have a charging document filed against you under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. You may be given an infringement notice under section 58. If you are charged with an offence in the first way, you do not need a District Court Judge or Registrar to agree. This is different from what section 21(1)(a) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 says. If you get an infringement notice, there is a special process to follow, which is explained in section 21 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957.

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Part 3Permits, enforcement, and regulations for protected areas
Monitoring and enforcement: Infringement offences

56Proceedings for infringement 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 58.

      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.