Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160:section:123
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 123
Character Range: 189908–191250

123  Civil penalty provisions

Enforceable civil penalty provisions
 (1) Each civil penalty provision of this Act 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:
 (a) the Information Commissioner or a member of staff of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner who is an SES employee or acting SES employee are authorised applicants in relation to the civil penalty provisions in Division 2 of Part 2 of Chapter 3 of this Act (about additional privacy safeguards) and section 136 of this Act (about destruction etc. of certain information); and
 (b) the Digital ID Regulator is an authorised applicant in relation to every other civil penalty provision of this Act.

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 the civil penalty provisions of this Act:
 (a) the Federal Court of Australia;
 (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.