Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00157:clause:1_79
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00157
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 79
Character Range: 136514–137852

79  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, the Information Commissioner is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provisions 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 Court of Australia;
 (c) a court of a State or Territory that has jurisdiction in relation to the matter.

Extension to external Territories
 (4) Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act, extends to every external Territory.

Liability of the Crown
 (5) Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation the civil penalty provisions of this Act, does not make the Crown liable to a pecuniary penalty.

Division 2—Enforceable undertakings