New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW (NSW) - SECT 452

452 Civil penalties

(1) A provision that is--

(a) a subsection of a section of this Law; or

(b) a section of this Law that is not divided into subsections; or

(c) a subrule of a Uniform Rule; or

(d) a Uniform Rule that is not divided into subrules--

is a civil penalty provision if the words "civil penalty" are set out at the foot of the subsection, section, subrule or rule.

(2) A contravention of a provision referred to in subsection (1) is punishable by an amount not exceeding the penalty set out at the foot of the subsection, section, subrule or rule.

(3) Proceedings in relation to a civil penalty provision are to be dealt with in accordance with this Division.