Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 No. 5 of 1984 - SECT 34

34. (1) If the Court is satisfied that a person has contravened a relevant
provision of this Act, the Court may order the person to pay to the
Commonwealth such pecuniary penalty in respect of each act or omission by the
person not exceeding-

   (a)  in the case of a contravention of sub-section 12 (5), 17 (2) or 20
        (2)-

        (i)    by a person other than a body corporate-$50,000; or

        (ii)   by a body corporate-$250,000;

   (b)  in the case of a contravention of sub-section 18 (2) or 19 (3)-

        (i)    by a person other than a body corporate-$30,000; or

        (ii)   by a body corporate-$150,000;

   (c)  in the case of a contravention of sub-section 13 (5), 14 (2) or (3)-

        (i)    by a person other than a body corporate-$10,000; or

        (ii)   by a body corporate-$50,000; or

   (d)  in the case of a contravention of sub-section 21 (4), 22 (4), 23 (5)
        or 24 (5)-

        (i)    by a person other than a body corporate-$3,000; or

        (ii)   by a body corporate-$15,000, as the Court determines to be
               appropriate having regard to all relevant matters including,
               but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
               nature and extent of the act or omission, the consequences of
               the act or omission, the circumstances in which the act or
               omission took place and the previous conduct of the person.

(2) If conduct constitutes a contravention of 2 or more relevant provisions of
this Act, a proceeding may be instituted under this Act against a person in
relation to the contravention of any one or more of those provisions but a
person is not liable to more than one pecuniary penalty under this section in
respect of the same conduct.

(3) A reference in sub-section (1) to a contravention of a particular
relevant provision of this Act includes a reference to a contravention of
section 28 that relates to a contravention of that particular relevant
provision.