Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00345:section:306
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00345
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 306
Character Range: 477187–478131

306  Pecuniary penalty orders that the Federal Court may make
 (1) In respect of conduct in contravention of a civil penalty provision, the Federal Court may make an order imposing on the person or organisation whose conduct contravened the civil penalty provision a pecuniary penalty of not more than:
 (a) in the case of a body corporate—5 times the pecuniary penalty specified for the civil penalty provision; or
 (b) in any other case—the pecuniary penalty specified for the civil penalty provision.
 (2) A penalty payable under this section is a civil debt payable to the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth may enforce the order as if it were an order made in civil proceedings against the person or organisation to recover a debt due by the person or organisation. The debt arising from the order is taken to be a judgment debt.
 (3) A person is not liable to more than one pecuniary penalty under this Part in relation to the same conduct.