(1) A person (the operator ) who has been issued with an * infringement notice may apply to the * Federal Court for a determination of the question whether the person committed the civil contravention identified in the infringement notice.
(2) If the operator makes an application under subsection (1):
(a) the application has effect as if it were instead an application made by the * Slot Manager, in accordance with section 15, for the payment of a pecuniary penalty referred to in section 14 in respect of the contravention; and
(b) for the purposes of the resulting proceedings in the * Federal Court under section 14, the Slot Manager is the applicant and the operator is the respondent.