56EUCivil penalty provisions

56EU Civil penalty provisions

The provisions of this Division that are civil penalty provisions

(1) For the purposes of subparagraph 79(2)(a)(ii) of the Regulatory Powers Act, each of the following provisions of this Division (the privacy safeguard penalty provisions) is a civil penalty provision:

(a) subsection 56ED(3);

(b) subsection 56EF(1);

(c) subsection 56EG(1);

(d) section 56EH;

(e) subsection 56EI(1) or (2);

(f) subsection 56EJ(1) or (2);

(g) subsection 56EK(1);

(h) subsection 56EL(1) or (2);

(i) subsection 56EM(1), (2) or (4);

(j) subsection 56EN(1), (2), (2A), (3) or (4);

(k) subsection 56EO(1) or (2);

(l) subsection 56EP(1) or (2).

Enforceable civil penalty provisions

(2) Each privacy safeguard penalty provision 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

(3) For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, the Information Commissioner is an authorised applicant in relation to each privacy safeguard penalty provision.

Relevant court

(4) For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each of the following courts is a relevant court in relation to each privacy safeguard penalty provision:

(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 the matter.

Act or omission also contravening a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules

(5) If an act or omission constitutes:

(a) a contravention of one or more of the privacy safeguard penalty provisions; and

(b) a contravention of one or more civil penalty provisions of the consumer data rules;

proceedings may be instituted against a person in relation to the contravention of any one or more of those provisions.

Note 1: The proceedings for a contravention referred to in paragraph (a) would be instituted under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act.

Note 2: The proceedings for a contravention referred to in paragraph (b) would be instituted under Part VI of this Act.

(6) However, the person is not liable to more than one pecuniary penalty under:

(a) Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act for a contravention referred to in paragraph (5)(a) of this section; and