(1)  This Part does not –

(a) require an infringement notice to be served on a person for an offence; or

(b) affect the liability of a person to be prosecuted for an offence if an infringement notice is not served on the person for the offence; or

(c) prevent the service of 2 or more infringement notices on a person for an offence; or

(d) affect the liability of a person to be prosecuted for an offence if the person does not comply with an infringement notice for the offence; or

(e) limit or otherwise affect the penalty that may be imposed by a court on a person convicted of an offence.

(2)  However, if the person on whom an infringement notice is served for an offence pays the penalty specified in the notice –

(a) any liability of the person for the offence is discharged; and

(b) the person may not be prosecuted in a court for the offence; and

(c) the person is not taken to have been convicted of the offence.