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Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Regulatory and enforcement matters - Civil liability

69: Civil liability remedies available under this subpart

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“Different ways you can be punished if you break the rules”

If you break a rule in this law, there are different ways you can be punished. These are called civil liability remedies. There are four types of these remedies:

You might have to pay a fine. There are two levels of fines, depending on how serious the rule-breaking was.

Someone might officially say that you broke the rule. This is called a declaration of contravention.

You might have to pay money to make up for any damage or loss you caused. This is called a compensatory order.

You might be told to stop doing something or to do something specific. This is called an injunction.

In this law, when they talk about a civil liability provision, they mean the rules that are listed in section 71(1) or 72(1) of the act.

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Part 4 Regulatory and enforcement matters
Civil liability

69Civil liability remedies available under this subpart

  1. The following remedies (civil liability remedies) are available under this subpart:

  2. a pecuniary penalty order (with 2 tiers of penalties):
    1. a declaration of contravention:
      1. a compensatory order:
        1. an injunction.

          1. In this Act, civil liability provision means any provision referred to in section 71(1) or 72(1).