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2ABCivil penalty amounts for breaches of civil penalty provisions
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2AB Civil penalty amounts for breaches of civil penalty provisions
2AB Civil penalty amounts for breaches of civil penalty provisions
(1) Subject to this section, the civil penalty for a breach of a civil penalty provision is—
(a) in the case of a breach of a civil penalty provision, other than a provision prescribed under paragraph (b), (c) or (d)—
(i) if the breach is by a natural person—
(A) an amount not exceeding $33 900; plus
(B) an amount not exceeding $3 390 for every day during which the breach continues;
(ii) if the breach is by a body corporate—
(A) an amount not exceeding $170 000; plus
(B) an amount not exceeding $17 000 for every day during which the breach continues; or
(b) in the case of a breach of a civil penalty provision prescribed by the Regulations for the purposes of this paragraph—
(i) if the breach is by a natural person—
(A) an amount not exceeding $287 000; plus
(B) an amount not exceeding $14 400 for every day during which the breach continues;
(ii) if the breach is by a body corporate—
(A) an amount not exceeding $1 435 000; plus
(B) an amount not exceeding $71 800 for every day during which the breach continues; or
(c) in the case of a breach of a civil penalty provision prescribed by the Regulations for the purposes of this paragraph—
(i) if the breach is by a natural person—an amount not exceeding $500 000;
(ii) if the breach is by a body corporate—an amount not exceeding the greater of the following—
(A) $10 000 000;
(B) if the Court can determine the value of any benefit reasonably attributable to the breach of the civil penalty provision that the body corporate, and any body corporate related to the body corporate, has obtained, directly or indirectly—3 times the value of that benefit;