National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

CHAPTER 4 - REMEDIES  

PART 4-1 - CIVIL PENALTY PROVISIONS  

Division 3 - General provisions relating to civil penalty provisions  

SECTION 175A   CONTINUING CONTRAVENTIONS OF CIVIL PENALTY PROVISIONS  

175A(1)    
If an act or thing is required under a civil penalty provision to be done:


(a) within a particular period; or


(b) before a particular time;

then the obligation to do that act or thing continues until the act or thing is done (even if the period has expired or the time has passed).


175A(2)    
A person who contravenes a civil penalty provision that requires an act or thing to be done:


(a) within a particular period; or


(b) before a particular time;

commits a separate contravention of that provision in respect of each day during which the contravention occurs (including the day the relevant pecuniary penalty order is made or any later day).





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