(1) Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any bylaw made under this Act commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $500 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $50 for every day on which the offence has continued.
(2) The local authority may, after the conviction of any person for a continuing offence against any bylaw, apply to any Court of competent jurisdiction for an injunction to restrain the further continuance of the offence by the person so convicted.
Subsection (1) was amended, as from 30 November 1979, by section 9 Health Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 64) by substituting the expressions “$500”
and “$50”
for the expressions “$100”
and “$10”
respectively.