Clause 15

by deleting the words “registers and” in subsection (2)(b);

by deleting paragraph (h) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(h)prescribe the administrative penalties for civil contraventions under Part XVA of an amount not exceeding $1,000 for each occasion of a civil contravention, and $2,000 in the case of a second or subsequent occasion of the civil contravention.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) The Minister may, in making any regulations under this Act, provide that any contravention of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding —

$5,000 in the case of a first conviction; and

$10,000 in the case of a second or subsequent conviction for contravening or failing to comply with the same provision within one year after the immediately preceding conviction.”.