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ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 162

Civil penalty provision

Enforceable civil penalty provision

  (1)   A civil penalty provision in this Act is enforceable under Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 .

Note:   Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 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.

Authorised applicant

  (2)   For the purposes of Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 , the Commissioner is an authorised applicant in relation to a civil penalty provision in this Act.

Relevant court

  (3)   For the purposes of Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 , the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division   2) are relevant courts in relation to a civil penalty provision in this Act.

Extension to external Territories etc.

  (4)   Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 , as it applies in relation to a civil penalty provision in this Act, extends to:

  (a)   every external Territory; and

  (b)   acts, omissions, matters and things outside Australia.


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