The commentary in the By Lawyers NSW Traffic Offences Guide now includes a section on ‘Infringement notice offences’, dealing with the situation where a client wishes to challenge a traffic infringement notice in court.

The commentary now also includes a table of common infringement notice offences, detailing the maximum penalty and demerit points applicable for each offence, along with the section of the relevant legislation establishing the offence.

The penalty referred to in the table is the maximum penalty for an offence if convicted by a court, so the table is useful for advising the client what penalty will apply if they take the matter to court but are unsuccessful.

To assist with the comparison, there is a link to a table of common offences published by Roads & Maritime Services NSW which includes the applicable fine for each offence when not electing to have the matter heard by a court.

All penalties are stated in ‘penalty units’. For information about what a penalty unit is and how to calculate the monetary penalties, see the By Lawyers commentary ‘Calculating Penalty Units’.