PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES ACT 2009 - SECT 221 Civil penalty provisions

PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES ACT 2009 - SECT 221

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 Registrar is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act.

Relevant court

  (3)   For the purposes of Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each of the following courts is a relevant court in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act:

  (a)   the Federal Court;

  (b)   the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division   2);

  (c)   a court of a State or Territory that has jurisdiction in relation to matters arising under this Act.

Extension to external Territories

  (4)   Part   4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act, extends to Norfolk Island and such other external Territories (if any) as are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of section   7.