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(1) What strict liability offences exist within legislation that falls under the Minister’s ministerial responsibilities that apply to individuals.
(2) For each offence, what (a) infringements exist and (b) is the breakdown of infringement amounts for different levels of severity of a particular offence (if applicable).
(3) For each offence, what are the options available for (a) waiving infringements, (b) extending payment times, (c) entering into payment plans, (d) offering a reduction in the infringement rate and (e) participate in community work or other activities in lieu of paying the infringement.
(4) What are the number of infringements for the last three years that (a) have been waived, (b) have had payment times extended, (c) have had payment plans enacted, (d) have had a reduction in the infringement rate and (e) the offender participated in community work or other activities in lieu of paying the infringement.
(5) Do any other alternatives exist to paying infringements that are not covered in parts (2) and (3); if so, what are they.
Mr Ramsay: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
1. To provide all the information requested in response to questions 1, 2, 3 and 5, would require a comprehensive review of a significant volume of ACT legislation. As the information sought would need to be obtained through a largely manual process, this would amount to an unreasonable diversion of government resources. Many infringement notices are governed by publicly available Regulations to the Magistrates Court Act 1930 or the Road Transport (General) Act 1999. If the scope of information sought could be narrowed to particular legislation, it may be possible to provide information without significant diversion of government resources. This would depend on the extent to which the scope of the request could be modified.
2. See answer 1.
3. See answer 1.
4. Access Canberra has the potential to issue infringements for over 70 Acts (and their subordinate laws). Access Canberra would need to do in some cases, manual searches of infringements issued in the areas of Fair Trading and Consumer legislation, Work Health and Safety, Environment Protection, Construction and Planning and Road Transport. In particular, in the Road Transport space, there are 396 pages of offences where an infringement can be issued. This includes infringements issued by Access Canberra staff, ACT Policing and the Heavy Vehicle National regulator as Access Canberra manages the administration of all road transport related infringement notices. Going back 3 years to obtain this information across the majority of branches within Access Canberra would be a huge task and will be highly resource intensive.
5. See answer 1.
Schools—Chapman Primary
(Question No 2750)
Mr Coe asked the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, upon notice, on 27 September 2019:
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