Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 4AB

             (1)  A reference in a law of the Commonwealth or in a Territory Ordinance to a pecuniary penalty of D dollars, where D is a number, is taken to be a reference to a pecuniary penalty of P penalty units, where P is:

                     (a)  if D / 100 is a whole number--that whole number; or

                     (b)  if D / 100 is not a whole number--the next highest whole number.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a reference to the maximum amount of a penalty that is not imposed by a court, or by a service tribunal under the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 .

             (3)  Subsection (1) does not apply to:

                     (a)  section 76 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 ; or

                     (c)  a provision of a law of the Commonwealth prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.

             (4)  In this section:

"penalty" includes a fine.

"Territory Ordinance" has the same meaning as in section 4AA.