Victorian Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION ACT 2021 (NO. 37 OF 2021) - SECT 298

    (1)     The Court may make one or more of the following orders in relation to a person who has contravened a civil penalty provision—

        (a)     an order that the person pay a pecuniary penalty of not more than the maximum penalty referred to in column 3 or 4 of the item in the table in section 297 in respect of the civil penalty provision;

        (b)     any other order that the Court considers appropriate.

    (2)     For the purposes of determining the amount of a civil penalty order, the Court may have regard to any relevant matter including—

        (a)     the nature and extent of the contravention; and

        (b)     the nature and extent of any loss or damage suffered as a result of the contravention; and

        (c)     the circumstances in which the contravention took place; and

        (d)     the financial circumstances of the person who contravened the civil penalty provision.

    (3)     Nothing in this section is to be construed as limiting any other power of the Court.

    (4)     Proceedings under this section are civil proceedings for all purposes.