Competition and Consumer Act 2010
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58FN Purpose and effect of this Subdivision
(1) The purpose of this Subdivision is to provide for the issue of an infringement notice to a person for an alleged contravention of:
(a) a civil penalty provision of an SPF principle in Subdivision B or E of Division 2 of this Part; or
(b) a civil penalty provision of an SPF code;
as an alternative to proceedings for an SPF civil penalty order.
(2) This Subdivision does not:
(a) require an SPF infringement notice to be issued for an alleged contravention of such a civil penalty provision; or
(b) affect a person’s liability to proceedings for an SPF civil penalty order in relation to an alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision if:
(i) an SPF infringement notice is not issued to the person for the contravention; or
(ii) an SPF infringement notice issued to the person for the contravention is withdrawn under section 58FU; or
(c) prevent a court from imposing a higher penalty than the penalty specified in the SPF infringement notice if the person does not comply with the notice.