247ACivil penalties for contravention of orders

247A Civil penalties for contravention of orders

247A Civil penalties for contravention of orders

(1) The Tribunal may, by order, require a person to pay a pecuniary penalty of an amount of up to 50 penalty units for contravention of an order under this Act (the original order).

(2) An application for the order may be made—

(a) by the applicant for the original order, or

(b) by the owners corporation, owner or other person having or acquiring an estate or interest in a lot in the strata scheme to which the order relates, or

(c) in the case of an order that gives effect to any agreement or arrangement arising out of a mediation session, by either party to the mediation.

(3) A person is not liable to be punished twice if the person’s act or omission constitutes both a contravention for the purposes of this section and—

(a) a contravention for the purposes of a civil penalty provision of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013, or

(b) a contempt of the Tribunal.

s 247A: Ins 2021 No 1, Sch 1[13].