(1) If an infringement notice is issued, a criminal record must not be created in respect of the infringement offence.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a court being told, for the purpose of sentencing a person convicted of an offence under this Act, that the person has paid, or is obliged to pay, an infringement fee for a particular infringement offence.
Section 165E: inserted, on 1 April 2010, by section 24 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).