Civil penalty provisions
58FJ Civil penalty provisions
Enforcing civil penalty provisions
Each of the following is enforceable under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act:
a civil penalty provision of an SPF principle;
a civil penalty provision of an SPF code.
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
For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act:
the SPF general regulator is an authorised applicant in relation to each civil penalty provision of an SPF principle; and
the SPF sector regulator for a regulated sector is an authorised applicant in relation to each civil penalty provision of the SPF code for the sector.
Relevant court
For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each of the following courts is a relevant court in relation to each provision referred to in subsection (1):
the Federal Court;
the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2);
a court of a State or Territory that has jurisdiction in relation to the matter.
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