Opportunity to discharge liability to conviction

(1) The competent authority may give any person that it has reason to believe has failed to comply with a duty imposed by this Act or the Regulations, a notice in writing offering that person the opportunity to discharge any liability to conviction of that offence by payment of a fixed penalty specified for the offence in the Regulations. (2) The fixed penalty referred to in sub-section (1) shall not be greater than the maximum penalty prescribed for that offence in this Act.