This order is the Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Regulatory Regime Criminal Fines) Order 2013.

This order comes into force on 11 October 2013.

(1) This subclause declares a fine for a criminal offence under a provision of the specified Australian legislation to be a regulatory regime criminal fine for the purposes of subparts 5 and 8 of Part 2 of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010.

(2) The reference in subclause (1) to the provision includes (without limitation) a reference to any provision of any subordinate legislation (however described) that is made—

• (a) under an Act of the Parliament of, or of a State or Territory of, Australia; and

• (b) in connection with, or for the purposes of, the provision.

(3) Subclause (1) applies even if the criminal offence under the provision relates to a contravention of, or relates to a fine in or calculated under, or is extended in its application or operation by, any other provision in or made under an Act of the Parliament of, or of a State or Territory of, Australia.

(1) The specified Australian legislation, in clause 3, means—

• (a) the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Aust):

• (b) the Banking Act 1959 (Aust):

• (c) the Corporations Act 2001 (Aust):

• (d) the specified parts of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Aust):

• (e) the specified State or Territory consumer laws.

(2) The specified parts of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Aust), in subclause (1)(d), means—

• (a) section 77A—indemnification of officers:

• (b) section 79—offences against a cartel offence provision (namely, against—

  • (i) section 44ZZRF (making a contract, etc, containing a cartel provision); or

  • (ii) section 44ZZRG (giving effect to a cartel provision)):

• (c) Part VIIA—prices surveillance:

• (d) Schedule 2—The Australian Consumer Law, but only insofar as its provisions are applied—

  • (i) as a law of the Commonwealth of Australia (which applies to the conduct of corporations and those associated with them), by the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Aust); or

  • (ii) as a law of a State or Territory (which applies to the conduct of corporations and individuals), with or without modifications, by a specified application law.

(3) A specified application law, in subclause (2)(d)(ii), means—

• (a) the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992 (Australian Capital Territory); or

• (b) the Fair Trading Act 1987 (New South Wales); or

• (c) the Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 (Northern Territory); or

• (d) the Fair Trading Act 1987 (South Australia); or

• (e) the Fair Trading Act 1999 (Victoria).

(4) The specified State or Territory consumer laws, in subclause (1)(e), means—

• (a) the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992 (Australian Capital Territory):

• (b) the Fair Trading Act 1987 (South Australia):

• (c) the Fair Trading Act 1999 (Victoria).