Digital ID Act 2024
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124 Infringement notices
Provisions subject to an infringement notice (1) Each civil penalty provision of this Act is subject to an infringement notice under Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act.
Note: Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act creates a framework for using infringement notices in relation to provisions.
Infringement officer (2) For the purposes of Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act: (a) the Information Commissioner or a member of staff of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner who is an SES employee or acting SES employee are infringement officers in relation to the civil penalty provisions in Division 2 of Part 2 of Chapter 3 of this Act (about additional privacy safeguards) and section 136 of this Act (about destruction etc. of certain information); and (b) the Digital ID Regulator is an infringement officer in relation to every other civil penalty provision of this Act. Relevant chief executive (3) For the purposes of Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act, the relevant chief executive is: (a) in relation to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) of this section—the Information Commissioner; and (b) in relation to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) of this section—the Digital ID Regulator.