Tasmanian Numbered Acts

FOOD ACT 1998 (NO. 30 OF 1998) - SECT 109

109. Payment

      (1) If a person undertakes under section 107(b) to pay any amount payable under an infringement notice, a clerk of petty sessions or relevant council clerk may determine the period, not exceeding 60 days from the day on which the notice was served, within which the amount must be paid.

      (2) A person may make representations to a clerk of petty sessions or relevant council clerk in relation to the ability to pay the amount.

      (3) A clerk of petty sessions or relevant council clerk is to take the person's representations into account before determining the period within which the amount is to be paid.

      (4) If a person fails to pay any amount in accordance with an undertaking, the same proceedings may be taken against the person in respect of the amount remaining outstanding as if it were a penalty imposed on the person on summary conviction.