Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY REGIME ACT 2023 - SECT 82

Civil penalty provisions enforceable under Regulatory Powers Act

  (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, the Regulator is an authorised applicant in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection   (1).

Relevant court

  (3)   For the purposes of Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, the Federal Court of Australia is a relevant court in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection   (1).

Liability of Crown

  (4)   Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection   (1), does not make the Crown liable to a pecuniary penalty.

Extension to external Territories

  (5)   Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as it applies in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection   (1), extends to every external Territory.