Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021
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137 Civil penalties
(1) Subject to this Division, the Head, Recycling Victoria may apply to a court for a civil penalty order in relation to a person's contravention of a civil penalty provision.
(2) The Head, Recycling Victoria may make an application under subsection (1) in addition, or as an alternative, to a criminal proceeding or an application for another order.
(3) The court may make a civil penalty order in relation to a person's contravention of a civil penalty provision if the person—
(a) contravenes the provision in the course of operating a waste, recycling or resource recovery service; or
(b) is an officer of a body corporate who contravenes the provision in the course of operating a waste, recycling or resource recovery service.