Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150:section:539
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 539
Character Range: 1490623–1492860

539  Applications for orders in relation to contraventions of civil remedy provisions
 (1) A provision referred to in column 1 of an item in the table in subsection (2) is a civil remedy provision.
 (2) For each civil remedy provision, the persons referred to in column 2 of the item may, subject to sections 540 and 544 and Subdivision B, apply to the courts referred to in column 3 of the item for orders in relation to a contravention or proposed contravention of the provision, including the maximum penalty referred to in column 4 of the item.
Note 1: Civil remedy provisions within a single Part may be grouped together in a single item of the table.
Note 2: Applications cannot be made by an inspector in relation to a contravention of a civil remedy provision by a person in certain cases where an undertaking or compliance notice has been given (see subsections 715(4) and 716(4A)).
Note 3: The regulations may also prescribe persons for the purposes of an item in column 2 of the table (see subsection 540(8)).
Note 3A: The penalties referred to in column 4 of the table are adjusted for bodies corporate and for contraventions associated with underpayment amounts (see section 546).
Note 4: See section 557A in relation to a serious contravention of a civil remedy provision.

Standing, jurisdiction and maximum penalties
Item                                                                           Column 1                                                                                                                                                  Column 2                                                                                                                     Column 3                                                             Column 4
                                                                               Civil remedy provision                                                                                                                                    Persons                                                                                                                      Courts                                                               Maximum penalty
Part 2‑1—Core provisions