National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018

Each civil penalty provision of this Act 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, each of the following persons is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act:

the Operator;

an SES employee, or an acting SES employee, in the Department or the Human Services Department.

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:

the Federal Court of Australia;

the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2).

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

Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act, does not make the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory liable to a pecuniary penalty.