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#### 41 Amount of penalty
(1) The penalty to be specified in an infringement notice relating to a person’s alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision (other than section 22XF) must be a pecuniary penalty equal to whichever is the lesser of the following amounts:
(a) one‑fifth of the maximum penalty that a Court could impose on the person for that contravention;
(b) if the person is an individual—12 penalty units;
(c) if the person is a body corporate—60 penalty units.
> Note: To work out the maximum penalty mentioned in paragraph (a), see subsection 31(3).
(2) The penalty to be specified in an infringement notice relating to a person’s alleged contravention of section 22XF must be a pecuniary penalty equal to whichever is the lesser of the following amounts:
(a) one third of the maximum penalty that a Court could impose on the person for that contravention;
(b) 150,000 penalty units.
> Note: To work out the maximum penalty mentioned in paragraph (a), see subsection 31(3).