1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the State Penalties Enforcement (Model By-laws for Trust Land) Amendment Regulation 2017.2CommencementThis regulation commences on 3 April 2017.3Regulation amendedThis regulation amends the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014.4Amendment of pt 3, hdg (Infringement notice offences etc. for local laws)Part 3, heading, after ‘laws’—insert—and by-laws5Insertion of new s 6APart 3—insert—6ADefinitions for partIn this part—by-law means a by-law that is adopted by a trustee under the Land Act 1994, section 56(7), and is in force.trustee means either of the following entities appointed under the Land Act 1994, section 44, as a trustee of trust land—

(a)the State;

(b)a statutory body that is established under an Act and represents the State.

6Amendment of s 7 (Infringement notice offences and fines for local laws)(1)Section 7, heading, after ‘laws’—insert—or by-laws(2)Section 7—insert—(2A)An offence against a provision of a by-law that is not an offence against the person and for which a person may be punished by a maximum penalty of not more than 10 penalty units is an offence to which the Act applies (a by-law infringement notice offence).(2B)The fine payable for a by-law infringement notice offence under an infringement notice is—

(a)if the offence is otherwise punishable by a maximum penalty of not more than 0.5 penalty units—the maximum penalty; or

(b)if the offence is otherwise punishable by a maximum penalty of more than 0.5, but not more than 5, penalty units—0.5 penalty units; or

(c)if the offence is otherwise punishable by a maximum penalty of more than 5, but not more than 10, penalty units—1 penalty unit.

(3)Section 7(2A) to (3)—renumber as section 7(3) to (5).7Amendment of s 8 (Administering authority for local law)(1)Section 8, heading, after ‘law’—insert—or by-law(2)Section 8—insert—(2)The administering authority for an infringement notice offence that is an offence against a provision of a by-law, or an infringement notice about the offence, is the trustee that adopted the by-law.8Amendment of s 9 (Authorised person for infringement notice for offence against local law or minor traffic offence)(1)Section 9, heading, after ‘law’—insert—, by-law(2)Section 9—insert—(1A)An employee of a trustee who is approved by the trustee for the purposes of this subsection is a person authorised to serve an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence that is an offence against a provision of a by-law adopted by the trustee.(3)Section 9(2), ‘this section’—omit, insert—subsection (1)(4)Section 9(1A) and (2)—renumber as section 9(2) and (3).9Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary)Schedule 2—insert—by-law, for part 3, see section 6A.trustee, for part 3, see section 6A.