Enforceable civil penalty provisions
(1) Each civil penalty provision of this Act is enforceable under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act.
Note: 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.
Authorised applicant and relevant court
(2) For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act:
(a) each of the following persons is an authorised applicant:
(i) the Minister;
(ii) the Secretary;
(iii) an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the Department; and
(b) a relevant court (as defined in section 5 of this Act) is a relevant court.
Maximum penalties
(3) Despite subsection 82(5) of the Regulatory Powers Act, the pecuniary penalty in relation to a contravention of one of the following civil penalty provisions must not be more than the applicable pecuniary penalty specified in the provision:
(a) subsection 38(4) (compliance with recall notices);
(b) subsection 39(3) (notification requirements--compulsory recalls);
(c) subsection 40(3) (notification requirements--voluntary recalls).
Note: Those civil penalty provisions specify the maximum civil penalty that applies in relation to a person who is a body corporate and a person who is not a body corporate.
Liability of Crown
(4) 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 liable to a pecuniary penalty.