Local Court Bench Book — Specific Penalties and Orders

This table of maximum penalties is populated using Lawcodes data. For more information, see Changes to Specific Penalties and Orders at the end of the introduction.

Note:

With the exception of Pt 1 (other than s 7), Pts 9, 10 (other than ss 173 and 179), Pts 2 and 3 of Sch 1, Sch 2 and cll 1–3, 10 and 15 of Sch 3, (which commenced on 1 December 2014; Div 1 of Pt 3, (which commenced 1 March 2016); Divs 1–3 of Pt 7 and cl 12 of Sch 3 (12 December 2014); s 179 to the extent that it repeals Pt 3 and Div 2 of Pt 5 of the Passenger Transport Act 1990, cl 11 of Sch 3 and Sch 4.5 (1 March 2016), the Act has not fully commenced. The Passenger Transport Act 1990 remains in effect (see above) apart from those provisions repealed by Act (No 46) of 2014.

Jurisdiction

Section 167(1): Proceedings for an offence against the Act or regulations may be dealt with summarily before the Local Court or before the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction.

Section 167(2): The maximum monetary penalty that may be imposed by the Local Court for an offence under the Act or regulations is 500 pu despite any higher maximum monetary penalty provided in respect of the offence.

Time for commencement

Section 167(3): Proceedings for an offence may be commenced not later than one year after the date alleged to be the date on which the offence was committed.

Note:

Where applicable, the maximum penalty for an offence dealt with summarily before the Supreme Court is indicated in square brackets in the Penalty (Max) column.