Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
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80 Authorised applicant
(1) A person is an authorised applicant for the purposes of exercising powers under this Part in relation to the contravention of a civil penalty provision if an Act provides that the person is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provision for the purposes of this Part. (2) A person who is an authorised applicant for the purpose of exercising powers mentioned in subsection (1) is also an authorised applicant for the purposes of: (a) exercising other powers under this Part; or (b) performing functions or duties under this Part; that are incidental to the powers mentioned in subsection (1). (3) Without limiting subsection (1), an Act may provide that a person is an authorised applicant in relation to a civil penalty provision for the purposes of this Part by: (a) providing that a person of a specified class is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provision for those purposes; or (b) authorising another person to specify that a person, or a person of a specified class, is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provision for those purposes.