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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Christopher Knaus

Legal groups warn NSW police Covid fines are invalid

NSW Police patrol the Sydney Harbour shorefront on foot on September 08, 2021 in Sydney, Australia
A ruling by the NSW supreme court last week deemed Covid-related fines unlawful if they did not properly spell out the alleged offence. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

A leading community legal group has privately warned New South Wales police that all remaining Covid fines before the courts have been rendered invalid by a recent judgment and should be withdrawn.

The NSW government is yet to reveal what it will do with roughly 29,000 Covid-related infringements issued during 2020 and 2021 in the wake of a damning ruling last week by the NSW supreme court.

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