Senate debates

Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Bills

Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015; In Committee

10:46 pm

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

To quote from the existing act:

(1) If a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in any conduct that is or would be:

(a) an offence against this Act or the regulations; or

(b) a contravention of a civil penalty provision;

the Federal Court may, on the application of the Regulator or any other aggrieved person, grant an injunction restraining the person from engaging in the conduct.

So, if it were the belief of a party that a logging activity were in some way going to be in breach of the regulations, then either the regulator or an aggrieved person—which, as I identified before, I understand is interpreted relatively widely by the courts—would be able to seek an injunction against an activity that they believe to be in breach of the regulations or the act.

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