State Penalties Enforcement Bill 1999 (Qld)

Queensland

STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT BILL 1999

STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT BILL 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title 2.0... eee eee 10 2 Commencement... 0.0.0... 6c cece eee eee 10 3 Definitions 2.0.0... 0... ete ene eee 10 4 Objects 2... eee ete 10 5 Act has limited application to children... 1.2... 0.0.0... cee eee eee 10 6 Act binds State, Commonwealth and other States.................0.. 11 PART 2—THE STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT REGISTRY 7 The State Penalties Enforcement Registry .............. 0000 cece eee 11 8 Functions of SPER... 2... eee eee 11 9 The SPER charter ...... 0... eee 12 10 Director, registrar and other staff of SPER .....................0005. 12 11 Management of office... 6.6... tcc eeee eee 13 12 Protection from liability ....... 0.0... c ccc cece eee eee 13 PART 3—INFRINGEMENT NOTICES Division 1—Service of infringement notices

13 Service of infringement notices—generally ............. 000 e eee eee 14 14 Service of infringement notices for infringement notice offences

involving vehicles .......... 0... eee eee 14 15 Infringement notices .... 26... 6. cece teens 15 16 Effect of this part on prosecution ......... 60... cece eee eens 17 State Penalties Enforcement 1820232527 29313436 Division 2—Liability for infringement notice offences involving vehicles

Liability for infringement notice offences involving vehicles........... Effect of illegal user declaration ............... 0.00000... cece ee eee Effect of known user declaration ............... 00.0002 e cece Effect of sold vehicle declaration. ................00..00 0000002000. Effect of unknown user declaration .............. 0.000000 cece eee eee Division 3—Obligations and options under infringement notices Ways alleged offender may deal with infringement notice............. Application to pay fine by instalments ................00....000000. Registration of instalment payments for infringement notices........... Alleged offender who pays can not be prosecuted .................... When alleged offender can not elect to have offence decided by court... When infringement notice offence is to be decided by court ........... Division 4— Withdrawal and re-issue of infringement notice Administering authority may withdraw infringement notice ............ Cancellation of registration on withdrawal of infringement notice....... Application to cancel infringement notice for mistake of fact .......... Effect of cancellation of infringement notice ....................00.. Proceedings after cancellation of infringement notice................. PART 4—ENFORCEMENT ORDERS Division 1—Default commences enforcement process Default by person served with infringement notice.................... Default in paying fine, penalty or other amount under court order ....... Effect of registration under this division ................0.....000002 Default in paying instalment ............00..0 0000.0 c eee eee eee eee Effect of cancellation of instalment payment notice .................. Division 2—Enforcement orders Issue of enforcement order ... 2.0... 0.00.0 Working out period of imprisonment for enforcement order............. Service of enforcement order .......... 0.000.000. 00 cee eee eee eee Division 3—Obligations and options under enforcement order