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Appropriate enforcement agency for contraventions to which this Part applies

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Volume 1Parts 1 to 10A (sections 1 to 239W)
Part 8Enforcement
Division 1Preliminary

137 Appropriate enforcement agency for contraventions to which this Part applies

For the purposes of this Part, the appropriate enforcement agency for a contravention to which this Part applies is:

(a)

the Inspector‑General if the contravention is a contravention of:

(i)

a designated compliance provision; or

(ii)

a provision of Part 2A or regulations made for the purposes of that Part; or

(iii)

a provision of Part 10AB; or

(b)

the ACCC if the contravention is a contravention of a provision of Part 4 or 4A, regulations made for the purposes of Part 4 or 4A, the water charge rules or the water market rules; or

(ba)

the ACCC if the contravention is a contravention of a provision of Part 5, regulations made for the purposes of Part 5 or the Water Markets Intermediaries Code; or

(baa)

the ACCC if the contravention is a contravention of a provision of Part 10AC; or

(bb)

the ACCC if the contravention is a contravention of a provision of Part 5A or regulations made for the purposes of Part 5A; or

(c)

the Minister if the contravention is a contravention of a provision of Part 7 or regulations made for the purposes of Part 7; or

(d)

if the contravention is of subsection 168(1) (the executive officer contravention)—the person or body that is the appropriate enforcement agency under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this section for the contravention by the body corporate of the civil penalty provision referred to in paragraph 168(1)(a) that relates to the executive officer contravention.

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