Civil penalty provisions of gas market instruments
(1) A gas market instrument may: (a) set out at the foot of a provision of the gas market instrument a pecuniary penalty, or penalties, indicated by the words “Civil penalty”; or (b) provide that a specified provision of a gas market instrument is a civil penalty provision, or that a person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes the provision; if the provision is of the kind mentioned in paragraph 79(2)(b) of the Regulatory Powers Act. Note: Sections 76 to 77 of this Act deal with enforcing the civil penalty provisions. (2) If an act or thing is required under a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument 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). (3) A person who contravenes a civil penalty provision of a gas market instrument 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 order is made under subsection 76(1) or any later day).
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