49AC
CurrentMultiple contraventions
Part 7ACivil penalty orders
Division 1Obtaining a civil penalty order
49AC Multiple contraventions
(1)
A court may make a single civil penalty order against a person for multiple contraventions of a civil penalty provision if proceedings for the contraventions are founded on the same facts, or if the contraventions form, or are part of, a series of contraventions of the same or a similar character.
Note:
For continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions, see section 49CA.
(2)
However, the penalty must not exceed the sum of the maximum penalties that could be ordered if a separate penalty were ordered for each of the contraventions.
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