Penalty unit

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Penalty units note in reg 256 of ROAD RULES 2014, New South Wales, Australia.

A penalty unit (PU) is a standard amount of money used to compute penalties for many breaches of law in Australia at both the federal, and state and territory level. Fines are calculated by multiplying the value of a penalty unit by the number of units prescribed for the offence. For example, if a crime was committed in New South Wales worth 100 units, the fine would be 100 × $110 = $11,000Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..

Prior to the introduction of penalty units, fines and other charges were usually prescribed in terms of ordinary money. However, the effects of inflation meant that originally substantial penalties eventually lost their worth. Frequent amendment of the many laws and regulations dealing with pecuniary penalties would be a very time-consuming process. Penalty units provide a quick and simple way to adjust many different fees and charges.

Values

The different jurisdictions that make up Australia each set their own value of a penalty unit. The value as well as the manner and frequency of adjusting that value differ between jurisdictions.

Jurisdiction Penalty unit value Last updated Automatic indexation mechanism
Commonwealth Template:AUD[1][2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 7 Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Template:NtshTypically every three years on 1 July, based on the All Groups Consumer Price Index, a weighted average of the CPI for all capital cities.[3]
Victoria Template:AUD[4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Template:NtshAnnual on 1 July.[4]
New South Wales Template:AUD[5] Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Template:NtshNone. since 26 September 2019Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the value remains unchanged from the original Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999.[6]
Queensland Template:AUD[7]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Template:NtshAnnual on 1 July.[7]
Tasmania Template:AUD[8]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Template:NtshAnnual on 1 July, based on CPI.[8]
Northern Territory Template:AUD[9]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Template:NtshAnnual on 1 July, based on CPI for Darwin.[9]
Australian Capital Territory Template:AUD (individual)[10] Script error: No such module "Date table sorting". Every four years.[10]
Template:AUD (companies)[10]
Western Australia Various — Template:NtshPenalty units are set for different categories of legislation.[11] Traffic offences generally incur a penalty unit of Template:AUD.[12]
South Australia Not applicable — Template:NtshSouth Australia does not have a system of penalty units.[11] Instead, legislation either lists specific fine amounts or maximum "divisional penalties" which form a standard scale.[13][14]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5cc00ccc-dd47-43f5-8ede-68f3b847c9fa
  2. ↑ https://asic.gov.au/about-asic/asic-investigations-and-enforcement/fines-and-penalties/
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  10. ↑ a b c Template:Cite Legislation AU
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  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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