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allows a charge for certain indictable offences to be heard and determined summarily by the Magistrates' Court. Unless there is a contrary intention in the Bill, any other Act or subordinate instrument, the indictable offences that may be heard and determined summarily are—
an offence referred to in Schedule 2;
an indictable offence under an Act or subordinate instrument or a common law offence if the offence is described by an Act or subordinate instrument as being—
a level 5 or 6 offence; or
punishable by level 5 or 6 imprisonment or fine or both; or
punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding 1200 penalty units or both.
A level 5 offence is punishable by 10 years imprisonment maximum and a level 6 offence punishable by 5 years imprisonment maximum. If a Schedule 2 indictable offence is qualified by reference to a specified amount or value or a specified kind of property, that qualification is not affected by this clause.