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Supreme Court decision likely to invalidate all COVID fines

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Police accountability
Fines
Law reform

Today the NSW Supreme Court published its reasons in a test case about COVID-19 fines. The decision clarifies the requirements necessary for a fine to be valid, and calls into disrepute all the remaining 29,017 COVID-19 fines that have not been withdrawn.

The decision may also affect other fines where the penalty notice offence is not specified.

Redfern Legal Centre calls on the government to withdraw the remaining 29,017 fines and all COVID-19 related offences before the court originating from a penalty notice.

Read the Supreme Court judgment here.

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