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FAIR WORK ACT 2009 (NO. 28, 2009) - SECT 539 Applications for orders in relation to contraventions of civil remedy provisions

FAIR WORK ACT 2009 (NO. 28, 2009) - SECT 539

Applications for orders in relation to contraventions of civil remedy provisions

             (1)  A provision referred to in column 1 of an item in the table in subsection (2) is a civil remedy provision .

             (2)  For each civil remedy provision, the persons referred to in column 2 of the item may, subject to sections 540 and 544 and Subdivision B, apply to the courts referred to in column 3 of the item for orders in relation to a contravention or proposed contravention of the provision, including the maximum penalty referred to in column 4 of the item.

Note 1:       Civil remedy provisions within a single Part may be grouped together in a single item of the table.

Note 2:       Applications cannot be made by an inspector in relation to a contravention of a civil remedy provision by a person in certain cases where an undertaking or compliance notice has been given (see subsections 715(4) and 716(4A)).

Note 3:       The regulations may also prescribe persons for the purposes of an item in column 2 of the table (see subsection 540(8)).

 

Standing, jurisdiction and maximum penalties

Item

Column 1

Civil remedy provision

Column 2

Persons

Column 3

Courts

Column 4

Maximum penalty

Part 2‑1--Core provisions

1

44(1)

(a) an employee;

(b) an employee organisation;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

2

45 (other than in relation to a contravention of an outworker term in a modern award)

(a) an employee;

(b) an employer;

(c) an employee organisation;

(d) an employer organisation;

(e) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

3

45 (in relation to a contravention of an outworker term in a modern award)

(a) an outworker;

(b) an employer;

(c) an outworker entity;

(d) an employee organisation;

(e) an employer organisation;

(f) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

4

50

(a) an employee;

(b) an employer;

(c) an employee organisation to which the enterprise agreement concerned applies;

(d) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 2‑4--Enterprise agreements

6

233

(a) an employee who the proposed enterprise agreement will cover;

(b) a bargaining representative for the proposed enterprise agreement;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 2‑5--Workplace determinations

7

280

(a) an employee;

(b) an employer;

(c) an employee organisation to which the workplace determination concerned applies;

(d) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 2‑6--Minimum wages

8

293

(a) an employee;

(b) an employee organisation;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 2‑7--Equal remuneration

9

305

(a)  an employee;

(b) an employee organisation;

(c)  an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c)  an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 2‑9--Other terms and conditions of employment

10

323(1)

323(3)

325(1)

328(1)

328(2)

328(3)

(a) an employee;

(b) an employee organisation;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 3‑1--General protections

11

340(1)

340(2)

343(1)

344

345(1)

346

348

349(1)

350(1)

350(2)

351(1)

352

353(1)

354(1)

355

357(1)

358

359

(a) a person affected by the contravention;

(b) an industrial association;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

12

378

(a) a person to whom the costs are payable;

(b) an industrial association;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

Part 3‑2--Unfair dismissal

13

405

(a) a person affected by the contravention;

(b) an employee organisation;

(c) an employer organisation;

(d) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 3‑3--Industrial action

14

417(1)

(a) an employee;

(b) an employer;

(c) an employee organisation covered by the enterprise agreement or workplace determination concerned;

(d) a person affected by the industrial action;

(e)  an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

15

421(1)

(a) a person affected by the contravention;

(b) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

16

434

an inspector

the Federal Court

60 penalty units

17

458(2)

(a) an employee;

(b) an employer;

(c) an applicant for the protected action ballot order;

(d) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

30 penalty units

18

462(1)

462(3)

(a) an employee;

(b) an employer;

(c) an applicant for the protected action ballot order;

(d) the protected action ballot agent;

(e) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

30 penalty units

19

463(1)

463(2)

(a) an employee;

(b) an employer;

(c) an applicant for the protected action ballot order;

(d) the protected action ballot agent;

(e) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

20

467(1)

(a) an employee;

(b) an employer;

(c) an applicant for the protected action ballot order;

(d) the protected action ballot agent;

(e) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

30 penalty units

21

470(1)

an inspector

(a)  the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

22

473(1)

473(2)

(a) an employer;

(b) an inspector

(a)  the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

23

474(1)

an inspector

(a)  the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

24

475(1)

475(2)

(a) an employer;

(b) an inspector

(a)  the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

Part 3‑4--Right of entry

25

482(3)

483(4)

483B(4)

483C(5)

483D(4)

483E(5)

494(1)

495(1)

496

497

498

499

500

501

502(1)

503(1)

504

506

509

(a) a person affected by the contravention;

(b) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

26

517(1)

an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

Part 3‑5--Stand down

27

527

(a) an employee;

(b) an employee organisation;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c)  an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 3‑6--Other rights and responsibilities

28

530(4)

(a) an employee;

(b) a registered employee association;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

30 penalty units

29

535(1)

535(2)

536(1)

536(2)

(a) an employee;

(b) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

30 penalty units

Part 5‑1--Fair Work Australia

30

611(3)

(a) a person to whom the costs are payable;

(b) an employee organisation;

(c) an employer organisation;

(d) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 5‑2--Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman

31

711(3)

an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

30 penalty units

32

712(3)

an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

33

716(5)

an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

30 penalty units

Part 6‑3--Extension of National Employment Standards entitlements

34

745(1)

760

(a) an employee;

(b) a registered employee association;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;

(c) an eligible State or Territory court

60 penalty units

Part 6‑4--Additional provisions relating to termination of employment

35

772(1)

(a) a person affected by the contravention;

(b) an industrial association;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

36

782

(a) a person to whom the costs are payable;

(b) an industrial association;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

60 penalty units

37

785(4)

(a) an employee;

(b) a registered employee association;

(c) an inspector

(a) the Federal Court;

(b) the Federal Magistrates Court

30 penalty units