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Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013

Registration, enforcement, and miscellaneous provisions - Enforcement - Pecuniary penalty orders

98: Amount of pecuniary penalty

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You can get a pecuniary penalty under section 97 that is up to $500,000. If you keep breaking a compliance order, the High Court can give you a penalty of $50,000 for each day you break the order. The High Court can do this in addition to any other penalty you get under section 97.

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Part 4Registration, enforcement, and miscellaneous provisions
Enforcement: Pecuniary penalty orders

98Amount of pecuniary penalty

  1. The amount of any pecuniary penalty under section 97 must not exceed $500,000.

  2. In the case of a continuing contravention of a compliance order, the High Court may, in addition to any pecuniary penalty ordered to be paid under section 97, impose a further penalty of $50,000 for each day or part of a day during which the contravention continues.