Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 62

Enforceable civil penalty provisions

  (1)   Each civil penalty provision of this Act or the regulations 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 Secretary is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provisions mentioned in subsection   (1).

Relevant court

  (3)   For the purposes of Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, a designated court 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 that Part applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions mentioned in subsection   (1), extends to every external Territory.

Liability of Crown

  (5)   To avoid doubt, subsection   5(2) of this Act does not prevent the Crown from being liable to pay a pecuniary penalty under a civil penalty order under Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to this Act.