Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:58fj
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 58FJ
Character Range: 1034488–1035666

58FJ  Civil penalty provisions

Enforcing civil penalty provisions
 (1) Each of the following is enforceable under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act:
 (a) a civil penalty provision of an SPF principle;
 (b) a civil penalty provision of an SPF code.
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:
 (a) the SPF general regulator is an authorised applicant in relation to each civil penalty provision of an SPF principle; and
 (b) the SPF sector regulator for a regulated sector is an authorised applicant in relation to each civil penalty provision of the SPF code for the sector.

Relevant court
 (3) For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each of the following courts is a relevant court in relation to each provision referred to in subsection (1):
 (a) the Federal Court;
 (b) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2);
 (c) a court of a State or Territory that has jurisdiction in relation to the matter.