Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A designated communications provider (other than a carrier or carriage service provider) must comply with a requirement under:
(a) a technical assistance notice; or
(b) a technical capability notice;
to the extent that the provider is capable of doing so.
Civil penalty:
(a) if the provider is a body corporate--47,619 penalty units; or
(b) if the provider is not a body corporate--238 penalty units.
(2) The pecuniary penalty for a contravention by a designated communications provider of subsection (1) must not be more than:
(a) if the provider is a body corporate--47,619 penalty units; or
(b) if the provider is not a body corporate--238 penalty units.
(3) Subsection 82(5) of the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 does not apply to a contravention of subsection (1) of this section.
(4) Sections 564 and 572B do not apply to a contravention of subsection (1) of this section.
(5) In proceedings for a civil penalty order against a designated communications provider for a contravention of subsection (1) in relation to:
(a) a requirement under a technical assistance notice to do an act or thing in a foreign country; or
(b) a requirement under a technical capability notice to do an act or thing in a foreign country;
it is a defence if the provider proves that compliance with the requirement in the foreign country would contravene a law of the foreign country.