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2017, c.18 - Local Governance Act

Section 157
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Penalty notice
157(1)A by-law enforcement officer may complete and issue a penalty notice to a person against whom a designated by-law contravention is alleged.
157(2)A penalty notice shall be in the form prescribed by regulation and shall include the following information:
(a) a description of the alleged by-law contravention in sufficient detail so that the person who receives the notice would be able to identify the by-law and the contravention alleged;
(b) the amount of the administrative penalty, the amount of any early payment discount and the consequences for failing to respond to the penalty notice;
(c) how to pay the administrative penalty; and
(d) any other information prescribed by regulation.
157(3)A penalty notice shall be issued to a named person unless it is issued for a by-law contravention relating to the parking of a vehicle, in which case the notice shall set out the vehicle’s licence plate number.
157(4)A penalty notice is not invalid by reason only that it is not signed by the by-law enforcement officer who issued it.
157(5)When a penalty notice relating to the parking of a vehicle is delivered in accordance with section 158, the owner of the vehicle as indicated in the records of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles is liable to pay the administrative penalty set out in the notice.
157(6)A penalty notice shall not be issued more than six months after the designated by-law contravention for which it was issued was alleged to have occurred.
Penalty notice
157(1)A by-law enforcement officer may complete and issue a penalty notice to a person against whom a designated by-law contravention is alleged.
157(2)A penalty notice shall be in the form prescribed by regulation and shall include the following information:
(a) a description of the alleged by-law contravention in sufficient detail so that the person who receives the notice would be able to identify the by-law and the contravention alleged;
(b) the amount of the administrative penalty, the amount of any early payment discount and the consequences for failing to respond to the penalty notice;
(c) how to pay the administrative penalty; and
(d) any other information prescribed by regulation.
157(3)A penalty notice shall be issued to a named person unless it is issued for a by-law contravention relating to the parking of a vehicle, in which case the notice shall set out the vehicle’s licence plate number.
157(4)A penalty notice is not invalid by reason only that it is not signed by the by-law enforcement officer who issued it.
157(5)When a penalty notice relating to the parking of a vehicle is delivered in accordance with section 158, the owner of the vehicle as indicated in the records of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles is liable to pay the administrative penalty set out in the notice.
157(6)A penalty notice shall not be issued more than six months after the designated by-law contravention for which it was issued was alleged to have occurred.