Litter (Increased Infringement Fee) Amendment Bill

Litter (Increased Infringement Fee) Amendment Bill The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: 1 Title This Act is the Litter (Increased Infringement Fee) Amendment Act 2018 . 2 Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. 3 Principal Act This Act amends the Litter Act 1979 (the principal Act ). 4 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to increase the maximum infringement fee for offences from $400 to $1,000. 5 Section 13 amended (Territorial authorities may adopt infringement notice provisions) In section 13(4), replace $400 with $1,000 . Replace section 13(1) to (3) with: 1 A territorial authority may, by resolution, adopt section 14 to apply in respect of an infringement offence committed within its district. 2 A territorial authority must not pass a resolution unless the authority— a has appointed an Officer under section 5; and b has given at least 14 days’ public notice of its intention to pass the resolution. 3 A resolution must state— a the infringement offence or offences in respect of which section 14 will apply; and b the infringement fee payable in respect of each offence, which must not exceed $1,000. Repeal section 13(4) and (6). 6 Section 14 amended (Infringement notices) Replace section 14(1) with: 1 This section applies if— a an infringement officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person is committing, or has committed, an infringement offence within a district where the territorial authority has passed a resolution under section 13; and b the resolution states that this section applies in respect of the infringement offence. 1A The infringement officer may issue an infringement notice to the person in respect of the infringement offence. In section 14(3), replace shall be with is . In section 14(4), replace shall with must in each place. In section 14(8), replace shall with must . After section 14(9), insert: 10 In this section, infringement officer — a means a Litter Control Officer; but b does not include— i a Warden; or ii a person deemed to be a Litter Control Officer under section 6(1)(c), (d), (f), (h), or (i).