Victorian Numbered Acts

CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY (CHILD SAFE STANDARDS COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT) AMENDMENT ACT 2021 (NO. 23 OF 2021) - SECT 28

    (1)     For section 33(1) of the Principal Act substitute —

    "(1)     If a person, body or relevant entity, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice to produce, the sector regulator that gave the notice may apply to a court for any or all of the following—

        (a)     a declaration that the person, body or relevant entity has failed to comply with the notice to produce;

        (b)     an order requiring the person, body or relevant entity to pay a pecuniary penalty;

        (c)     an injunction under section 34A.

    (1A)     If a relevant entity, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice to comply, the sector regulator that gave the notice may apply to a court for any or all of the following—

        (a)     a declaration that the relevant entity has failed to comply with the notice to comply;

        (b)     an order requiring the relevant entity to pay a pecuniary penalty;

        (c)     an injunction under section 34A.".

    (2)     In section 33(2) of the Principal Act—

        (a)     after "declaration sought" insert "under subsection (1) or (1A)";

        (b)     paragraph (a) is repealed ;

        (c)     in paragraph (b), for "the relevant entity" substitute "the person, body or relevant entity".

    (3)     After section 33(2) of the Principal Act insert —

    "(3)     The court may grant an injunction in response to an application under subsection (1)(c) or (1A)(c) requiring a person, body or relevant entity to do a thing—

        (a)     if the court makes a declaration under subsection (2) that the person, body or relevant entity has failed to comply with a notice to produce or a notice to comply; and

        (b)     whether or not     the court orders the person, body or relevant entity to pay a pecuniary penalty.".