Railways Amendment Act 2011
Railways Amendment Act 2011
Railways Amendment Act 2011

Railways Amendment Act 2011
| Public Act | 2011 No 45 |
| Date of assent | 22 July 2011 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Railways Amendment Act 2011.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Railways Act 2005.
4 Issue of infringement notice
Section 99 is amended by repealing subsections (4) and (5).
5 New section 100 substituted
Section 100 is repealed and the following section substituted:
“100 Contents of infringement notices and reminder notices
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“(1) An infringement notice must contain—
“(a) details of the alleged infringement offence that are sufficient fairly to inform a person of the time, place, and nature of the alleged offence; and
“(b) in the case of an infringement offence in respect of which a scale of infringement fees is prescribed having regard to the extent of the alleged offence, the extent of the infringement offence alleged; and
“(c) the amount of the infringement fee specified in respect of that offence; and
“(d) the address of the place at which the infringement fee may be paid; and
“(e) the time within which the infringement fee may be paid; and
“(f) a summary of the provisions of section 21(10) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957; and
“(g) a statement of the right of the person served with the notice to request a hearing; and
“(h) a statement of the consequences if the person served with the notice does not pay the infringement fee and does not make a request for a hearing; and
“(i) any other particulars that are prescribed.
“(2) A reminder notice must include the same particulars, or substantially the same particulars, as the infringement notice.
“(3) If regulations made under this Act prescribe the form of an infringement notice or a reminder notice, the infringement notice or reminder notice must be in that form.
“(4) Different forms of infringement notices and reminder notices may be prescribed for different kinds of infringement offences.”
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Legislative history | |
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| 5 July 2011 | Divided from Courts and Criminal Matters Bill (Bill 147–2) by committee of the whole House as Bill 147–3P |
| 7 July 2011 | Third reading |
| 22 July 2011 | Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Transport.