Victorian Current Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 5.8.23

    (1)     If the Authority applies for a declaration, order or injunction under section 5.8.11 or 5.8.19 against a person or body for failing to comply with a notice to produce or notice to comply, the Authority must not commence criminal proceedings for a charge against section 5.8.15 or 5.8.22 that is constituted by the failure or alleged failure of that person or body to comply with that notice.

    (2)     Subsection (1) applies whether or not the Court makes a declaration or order or grants an injunction in response to an application under section 5.8.11 or 5.8.19.

    (3)     If a relevant entity has been convicted or found guilty of an offence against section 5.8.15 or  5.8.22, or a charge against the relevant entity for an offence against section 5.8.15 or 5.8.22 is pending, that is constituted by the failure or alleged failure of that relevant entity to comply with a notice to produce or notice to comply—

        (a)     the Authority may not apply under section 5.8.11(1)(b) or 5.8.19(1)(b) for an order for the relevant entity to pay a pecuniary penalty for failure to comply with that notice; and

        (b)     the Court may not order the relevant entity to pay a pecuniary penalty for failure to comply with that notice.

Pt 5.8 Div. 8 (Heading and s. 5.8.24) inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 76 (as amended by No. 32/2022 s. 62).

Division 8—Official warnings

S. 5.8.24 inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 76 (as amended by No. 32/2022 s. 62).