Civil penalty corporations act

Declaration of contravention

(1) If a Court is satisfied that a person has contravened a civil penalty provision, the Court must make a declaration of contravention.

(2) The declaration must specify the following:

(a) the Court that made the declaration;

(d) the conduct that constituted the contravention;

(f) if the contravention is of subsection 1211B(1) or (2) (complying with the Passport Rules for this jurisdiction)--the passport fund in relation to which the obligation was imposed on the person;

(g) if the contravention is of subsection 670A(4), 727(6), 728(4) or 1309(12) (misleading statements etc.)--the corporation, registered scheme or notified foreign passport fund to which the conduct related.

(a) a provision specified in column 1 of the following table is a civil penalty provision ; and

(b) a civil penalty provision categorised as a corporation/scheme provision in column 3 of the following table is a corporation/scheme civil penalty provision ; and

(d) a provision that is specified as having no categorisation in column 3 of the following table is neither a corporation/scheme civil penalty provision nor a financial services civil penalty provision .

Note 1: Once a declaration has been made, ASIC can seek a pecuniary penalty order (section 1317G) or (in the case of a corporation/scheme civil penalty provision and certain other civil penalty provisions) a disqualification order (section 206C).

Note 2: The descriptions of matters in column 2 are indicative only.

Note 3: Section 908DD contains some matters relevant for making declarations of contravention for subsections 908DA(1) and (2) and 908DB(1) and (2) (about manipulating financial benchmarks).

Attempt and involvement in contravention treated in same way as actual contravention