Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

Each civil penalty provision of this Act and the regulations is enforceable under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act.

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.

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 and the regulations.

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 and the regulations:

the Federal Court of Australia;

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.

Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act and the regulations, extends to every external Territory.

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