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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 572G

Amount of penalty

Infringement notice given to a body corporate

  (1)   The penalty to be specified in an infringement notice given to a body corporate must be a pecuniary penalty equal to:

  (a)   if the alleged contravention is of a kind specified in a determination under subsection   (2)--the number of penalty units specified in the determination in relation to that kind of contravention; or

  (b)   otherwise--60 penalty units.

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(a), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, make a determination that:

  (a)   sets out one or more kinds of contraventions of section   68 or 101; and

  (b)   for each kind of contravention set out in the determination, specifies a particular number of penalty units.

  (3)   The number of penalty units specified in a determination for a particular kind of contravention must not exceed 18,000.

Infringement notice given to a person other than a body corporate

  (4)   The penalty to be specified in an infringement notice given to a person other than a body corporate must be a pecuniary penalty equal to 12 penalty units.



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