South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Court in its
Petty Sessions Division has jurisdiction—
(a) to
reconsider matters remitted to the Court under section 70I of the Criminal Law
(Sentencing) Act 1988 and make appropriate orders under that section; and
(b) to
hear and determine any of the following charges:
(i)
a charge of any offence in respect of which an expiation
notice has been given to a person alleged to have committed the offence where
the alleged offender has elected to be prosecuted for the offence to which the
expiation notice relates;
(ii)
a charge of a prescribed offence;
(iii)
a charge of any other offence in respect of which the
maximum penalty does not exceed a fine of $2 500 or include
imprisonment (but may include disqualification from holding or obtaining a
driver's licence); and
(c) to
conduct a review under section 10 or 14 of the Expiation of Offences
Act 1996 .
(2) In this
section—
"prescribed offence" means an offence—
(a) in
respect of which the maximum penalty does not exceed a fine of $2 500 but
does include imprisonment; and
(b) that
is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.