Penalty Notices Validation Bill 1999

Explanatory note


This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.




Overview of Bill


Section 18B of the Traffic Act 1909 enables penalty notices to be issued by prescribed officers in respect of certain offences. Regulation 130A (1) (f1) of the Motor Traffic Regulations 1935 provides that, for some parking offences, certain employees of councils (being councils authorised in writing by the Commissioner of Police) are prescribed officers. Some penalty notices were issued between 22 June 1995 and 24 March 1999 (inclusive) without the requisite authorisation of the council having been given.

The object of this Bill is to validate the issue of those penalty notices.


Outline of provisions


Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.

Clause 2 provides that the proposed Act is taken to have commenced on the day on which the Bill for the proposed Act was introduced into Parliament.

Clause 3 validates the issue of the penalty notices referred to in the Overview above.

Note: If this Bill is not modified, these Explanatory Notes would reflect the Bill as passed in the House. If the Bill has been amended by Committee, these Explanatory Notes may not necessarily reflect the Bill as passed.

 

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