NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 13N Civil penalties under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act

NARCOTIC DRUGS ACT 1967 - SECT 13N

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

  (2)   For the purposes of Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, the Secretary is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provisions mentioned in subsection   ( 1).

Relevant court

  (3)   For the purposes of Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each relevant court (as defined in subsection   4(1) of this Act) is a relevant court in relation to the civil penalty provisions mentioned in subsection   ( 1).

Crown not liable to pecuniary penalty

  (4)   Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions mentioned in subsection   ( 1), does not make the Crown liable to a pecuniary penalty.