Contravening offence and civil penalty provisions

In force

(1)

This section applies if a provision of this Act provides that a person contravening another provision of this Act (the conduct provision) commits an offence or is liable to a civil penalty.

(2)

For the purposes of this Act, a reference to a contravention of an offence provision or a civil penalty provision includes a reference to a contravention of the conduct provision.

Note:

This also affects references in the Regulatory Powers Act to a contravention of an offence provision or a civil penalty provision: see the definition of this Act in section 9.

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