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Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992
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69 Alleged contravention of civil penalty provision before
commencement day
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement day—
(a) a business was alleged to have contravened the civil penalty
provision; and
(b) the commissioner had not applied for a civil penalty order in
relation to the alleged contravention under the pre-amendment
Act, section 34M.
(2) The commissioner may make the application not later than 6 years
after the alleged contravention.
(3) If the commissioner makes the application, the application is to be
dealt with as if the pre-amendment Act, division 5.1A applied in
relation to the application.
(4) In this section:
civil penalty provision means the pre-amendment Act,
section 34F (3).
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