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(iv) There is currently no process available within TCCS to have the payment of an infringement penalty replaced by community service.
(2) See response to Question 1.
(3) (a) Nil. Infringements fines cannot be waived.
(b, c) Since the commencement of the electronic infringement management system (Pinforce) on 1 July 2017, a total of 16 infringements have been subject to a payment plan process. Prior to this date, the infringement management system was paper based and relied on the manual entry of information. To retrieve this data is both difficult and onerous.
(d) There is currently no process available to have the payment of an infringement penalty replaced by community service.
(4) (a) Nil. Infringements fines cannot be waived.
(b, c, d) Information quoted from the ACT Magistrates Act 1930 is included with every infringement and includes the following instructions on how a person may:
• dispute the infringement;
• seek an extension of time to pay the infringement;
• pay the infringement by the due date; and
• elect to have the matter referred to the ACT Magistrate’s Court.
(5) No.
(6) (a) Since the commencement of the electronic infringement management system (Pinforce) on 1 July 2017, a total of 303 infringements have not been paid. Of the 303 non-payment infringements, 300 were related to offences under the Domestic Animals Act 2000. The other three were under the Litter Act 2004 and were cancelled after being reviewed by the TCCS Regulatory Advisory Committee and were replaced with formal warning notices.
(b) For the past 10 years, no non-payment of infringements cases have been referred to the Magistrates Court.
Municipal services—footpaths
(Question No 2716)
Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for City Services, upon notice, on 20 September 2019 (redirected to the Minister for Roads and Active Travel):
(1) Can the Minister advise on the timeframe for the footpath and partial road closure adjacent to the Belconnen Arts Centre construction site.
(2) Has any person or company been fined for parking a vehicle across the temporary pedestrian access area adjacent to the construction site at the Belconnen Arts Centre.
Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) To maintain the safety of workers and the public, lakeside access and some short-term path/road closures have been required when it was necessary to crane in large structural elements off trucks which could not enter the confined site. These deliveries
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