Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992 - SECT 69EJB

  (1)   A pecuniary penalty is a debt payable to the Commonwealth.

  (2)   The Commonwealth may enforce a civil penalty order as if it were an order made in civil proceedings against a person to recover a debt due by the person. The debt arising from the order is taken to be a judgement debt.