##### 49C  Infringement notices ###### Provisions subject to an infringement notice - \(1\) A civil penalty provision of this Act is subject to an infringement notice under Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act\. Note: Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act creates a framework for using infringement notices in relation to provisions\. ###### Infringement officer - \(2\) For the purposes of Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act, a person authorised under subsection \(3\) is an infringement officer in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection \(1\)\. - \(3\) The Secretary may, by writing, authorise a person who: - \(a\) is an SES employee, or an acting SES employee, in: - \(i\) the Department; or - \(ii\) a relevant Commonwealth regulator; or - \(b\) holds, or is acting in, a position in a relevant Commonwealth regulator that is equivalent to, or higher than, a position occupied by an SES employee; to be an infringement officer in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection \(1\)\. Note: The expressions SES employee and acting SES employee are defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901\. ###### Relevant chief executive - \(4\) For the purposes of Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act, the Secretary is the relevant chief executive in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection \(1\)\. - \(5\) The relevant chief executive may, in writing, delegate any or all of the relevant chief executive’s powers and functions under Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act to a person who is an SES employee or an acting SES employee in the Department\. Note: The expressions SES employee and acting SES employee are defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901\. - \(6\) A person exercising powers or performing functions under a delegation under subsection \(5\) must comply with any directions of the relevant chief executive\. ###### External Territories - \(7\) Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as it applies in relation to the provisions mentioned in subsection \(1\), extends to every external Territory\. ## Part 6—Declaration of assets by the Minister ### Division 1—Simplified outline of this Part --- ## Source and attribution Saved copy: C2018A00029 / C2026C00213 / f578e546a17068939a3a5a928474713f844dfae8 Scope: navPoint\_247 Compiled 2026\-06\-04\. This does not establish legal commencement\. Official source: https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au/C2018A00029/2026\-06\-04/2026\-06\-04/text/1/epub/OEBPS/document\_1/document\_1\.html Licence: https://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by/4\.0/ Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation at 1 October 2026\. For the latest information on Australian Government legislation please go to https://www\.legislation\.gov\.au\. Converted XHTML into Tiptap JSON; recovered lists from paragraph classes; kept literal labels and text\. Print layout is changed\. The Commonwealth Coat of Arms is not covered by the CC BY licence\.