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s 154B

Continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions

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Volume 1Parts 1 to 10A (sections 1 to 239W)
Part 8Enforcement
Division 4Civil penalties
Subdivision CMiscellaneous

154B Continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions

(1)

If an act or thing is required under a civil penalty provision to be done:

(a)

within a particular period; or

(b)

before a particular time;

then the obligation to do that act or thing continues until the act or thing is done (even if the period has expired or the time has passed).

(2)

A person who contravenes a civil penalty provision that requires an act or thing to be done:

(a)

within a particular period; or

(b)

before a particular time;

commits a separate contravention of that provision in respect of each day during which the contravention occurs (including the day the relevant pecuniary penalty order is made or any later day).

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