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Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Regulatory and enforcement matters - Civil liability - Declaration of contravention

75: Declaration of contravention

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“When you break a rule, the court can officially say you did something wrong”

If you break a rule in the Customer and Product Data Act 2025, the High Court can make a special announcement called a ‘declaration of contravention’. This means the court is saying that you did something wrong according to the law. The chief executive or someone else can ask the court to make this announcement. The court will only do this if they are sure you broke the rule or helped someone else break it. The rule that was broken is called a ‘civil liability provision’.

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Civil liability: Declaration of contravention

75Declaration of contravention

  1. The High Court must, on an application under section 70, make a declaration of contravention if it is satisfied that a person has contravened, or been involved in a contravention of, a civil liability provision.

  2. The High Court may also, on the application of the chief executive or any other person, make a declaration of contravention if it is satisfied that a person has contravened, or been involved in a contravention of, a civil liability provision.