Re: [VIC] Train & Celeb Spotting

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Albert Alcoceba" <alberta@zip.com.au> wrote in message
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> If the ones in Sydney aren't fines...  then why do they have to be
> paid to the NSW Police and why are they issued on "infringement
> notices"?

All you are doing is paying the money in order to avoid a court prosecution.
You are perfectly at liberty to take the matter to court and have the court
deal with it. As a matter of law, only a court can impose a fine,
infringement notices are basically an "Intention to prosecute", and payment
of the "fine" is an admission of the offence without it proceeding to court.

Dave