Other infringements and payments

Payment options

Option 1: Pay in full

Online

Step 1.Have your Infringement Notice Number handy

Located on the top left of the infringement notice.

Step 2.Pay in full

Other infringements

Including for animals, building/plumbing, development or food, health and hygiene.

Pay now

In person

Step 1.Take your infringement notice

Step 2.Visit one of the following

Customer Service Centres

Step 3.Receipt will be issued to you

The infringement will be finalised and no further prosecution or enforcement action will be taken.

Option 2: Apply to pay by instalments (offences of $200 or over only)

Applications to pay by instalments can be made for infringements over $200 and must be made within 28 days from the date on the notice.

Complete the back of the infringement notice and return it in person or by mail with your first instalment of $60.

The State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER) will send you an instalment plan.

If you make all the monthly payments, the infringement notice will be finalised and no further prosecution or enforcement action will be taken against you.

Option 3: Elect to go to court

Complete the details on the back of the infringement notice and return to the Chief Executive Officer, City of Moreton Bay, PO Box 159 Caboolture QLD 4510.

If Council receives your court election within 28 days from the date on the notice, a prosecution against you may be commenced in a Magistrates Court.

You are responsible for obtaining your own legal advice before the Court hearing. If found guilty of the offence you may be required to pay costs.  If you do not appear on the date set for the hearing, the offence may be heard in your absence.

Infringement disputes and reviews

If you have been issued an infringement and believe there may be cause for it to be withdrawn, you may request Council to review the fine.

The dollar value displayed on the infringement notice is governed by the penalty unit value. Queensland's Penalties and Sentences Regulation 2015 defines the dollar value of a penalty unit. This is subject to a yearly review by the Queensland State Treasurer.

The penalty unit value in Queensland from 1 July 2023 is $154.80.

It is important to note that when the penalty value is applied to offences enforced through the issuing of a Prescribed Infringement Notice (PIN), the amount of the PIN is rounded down to the nearest whole dollar. For example:

  • If an infringement notice prescribes a penalty of 1 penalty unit the monetary value of the penalty is $154.00 (rounded down from $154.80).