Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

A provision is enforceable under this Part if:

it is a civil penalty provision, as defined in subsection (2); and

an Act provides that the civil penalty provision is enforceable under this Part.

A provision of an Act or a legislative instrument is a civil penalty provision if:

either:

the provision sets out at its foot a pecuniary penalty, or penalties, indicated by the words “Civil penalty”; or

another provision of an Act or a legislative instrument provides that the provision is a civil penalty provision, or that a person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes the provision; and

the provision is:

a subsection, or a section that is not divided into subsections; or

a subregulation, or a regulation that is not divided into subregulations; or

a subclause (however described) of a Schedule to an Act or of a legislative instrument; or

a clause (however described) of a Schedule to an Act, or of a legislative instrument, that is not divided into subclauses.