# Compliance notices

> act-s245AYP — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

245AYP Compliance notices

               Scope
          (1) This section applies if an authorised officer reasonably believes
              that a person has contravened a conduct rule provision (within the
              meaning of subsection 245AL(1) or 245AYO(1)).

               Giving a compliance notice
          (2) The authorised officer may give the person a notice (a compliance
              notice) specifying action that the person must, within such
              reasonable time as is specified in the notice, take or refrain from
              taking to address the contravention.
               Note:      The compliance notice may be varied or revoked under
                          subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

          (3) The compliance notice may require the person to produce
              reasonable evidence of compliance with the notice.
          (4) The compliance notice must also:
               (a) set out the name of the person; and
               (b) set out the name of the authorised officer; and
               (c) set out a summary of the contravention; and








                 (d) explain that a failure to comply with the notice may
                     contravene a civil penalty provision; and
                 (e) set out any other prescribed matters.

               Person must comply with compliance notice
          (5) A person who is given a compliance notice must comply with the
              notice.
               Note:      It is not necessary to prove a person’s state of mind in proceedings for
                          a civil penalty order (see section 486ZF).

               Civil penalty:           48 penalty units.

               Effect of compliance with compliance notice
          (6) A person who complies with a compliance notice is not taken by
              that compliance to have admitted to the contravention in relation to
              which the notice is given.

               Relationship with enforceable undertakings
          (7) An authorised officer must not give a person a compliance notice
              in relation to a contravention if:
                (a) the person has given an undertaking under section 245ALA
                     in relation to the contravention; and
                (b) the undertaking has not been withdrawn.

               Relationship with civil penalty provisions
          (8) The Minister must not apply for an order under subsection 486R(1)
              (civil penalty orders) in relation to a contravention of a provision
              mentioned in subsection (1) of this section by a person if:
                (a) an authorised officer has given the person a compliance
                     notice in relation to the contravention; and
                (b) either of the following subparagraphs applies:
                      (i) the notice has not been withdrawn, and the person has
                          complied with the notice;










                      (ii) the person has made an application to a court for
                           judicial review of the decision to give the notice and the
                           application has not been completely dealt with.










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