263Continuing contraventions

#### 263 Continuing contraventions (1) If an act or thing is required, under a civil penalty provision, to be done within a particular period, or before a particular time, then the obligation to do that act or thing continues (even if the period has expired or the time has passed) until the act or thing is done. (2) A person who contravenes any of the following civil penalty provisions: (a) subsection 47(1); (b) subsection 47(2); (c) subsection 66(1); (d) subsection 66(2); (e) subsection 66(3); (f) subsection 66(4); (g) subsection 71A(1); (ga) subsection 92H(1); (gb) subsection 92H(3); (h) subsection 151(1); (i) subsection 218(2); (j) subsection 219(2); (k) subsection 221(4); commits a separate contravention of that provision in respect of each day (including a day of the making of a relevant civil penalty order or any subsequent day) during which the contravention continues. (3) The pecuniary penalty payable under subsection 252(1) for such a separate contravention in respect of a particular day must not exceed: (a) in the case of a contravention of subsection 221(4)—10% of the maximum pecuniary penalty that could have been imposed for the contravention if subsection (2) of this section had not been enacted; or (b) otherwise—5% of the maximum pecuniary penalty that could have been imposed for the contravention if subsection (2) of this section had not been enacted.