(1) If, after a provision of this Act, }Summary conviction penalty:~ appears followed by a penalty, a charge before a court of petty sessions that a person has committed an offence under that provision may be dealt with summarily in accordance with this section and the person is liable on summary conviction to that penalty.

(2) A charge can only be dealt with summarily in accordance with this section if the prosecutor and the person charged consent and the court considers that the charge can be adequately dealt with summarily having regard to ¾

(a) the nature and particulars of the offence;

(b) such particulars of the circumstances relating to the charge and the antecedents of the person charged as the court may require from the prosecutor; and

(c) whether or not it is appropriate to deal with the charge summarily.