Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsEnforceable civil penalty provisions
(1) Each civil penalty provision of this Act is enforceable under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act.
Note: Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act allows a civil penalty provision to be enforced by obtaining an order for a person to pay a pecuniary penalty for the contravention of the provision.
Authorised applicant
(2) For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each of the following persons is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provisions mentioned in subsection (1):
(a) the Director of Biosecurity;
(b) the Director of Human Biosecurity.
(3) For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each relevant court (as defined in section 9 of this Act) is a relevant court in relation to the civil penalty provisions mentioned in subsection (1).
Extension to external Territories
(4) Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as it applies in relation to a civil penalty provision mentioned in subsection (1), extends to every external Territory to which the provision extends.