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Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 93 of 2014).

Country/Territory
Australia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act in relation to monitoring, investigation and enforcement by regulatory agencies, and for related purposes.
Subject
Fisheries, General
Keyword
Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Enforcement/compliance Inspection Monitoring Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act provides a set of standard provisions in relation to monitoring and investigation powers, as well as enforcement provisions through the use of civil penalties, infringement notices, enforceable undertakings and injunctions. It sets a framework for more consistently applying Commonwealth regulatory schemes in monitoring and investigation powers, civil penalty provisions, infringement notices, enforceable undertakings and injunctions. It is an Act of general application, and other (sector-specific) legislation is required to make its provisions actual law, which means that Commonwealth Acts need to be drafted or amended to trigger its provisions. However, the standard provisions of the Regulatory Powers Act represent best practice in relation to regulatory powers, providing a standard baseline of regulatory powers for civil regulatory regimes while protecting important common law privileges. New or amending Acts that require monitoring, investigation or enforcement powers of the kind available under the Regulatory Powers Act should be drafted to trigger the relevant provisions of that Act, unless there are compelling policy reasons to the contrary.

Full text
English
Website
www.austlii.org

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regulatory Powers (Standardisation Reform) Act 2017 (No. 124 of 2017).

Legislation | Australia | 2017

Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Inspection, Monitoring, Offences/penalties, Ozone layer, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment, Energy conservation/energy production, Pollution control, Climate change, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber extraction/logging, Timber, Access-to-information, Registration, Soil pollution/quality, Pesticides, PIC-prior informed consent

Source: FAO, FAOLEX