Journal article
Infringement notices and federal regulation: Wolves in sheep’s clothing
Australian Business Law Review, Vol.42, pp.276-291
2014
Abstract
This article reviews the growth in the use of infringement notices in federal regulation from being "fines" for low level offences to sometimes being significant penalties in their own right, lacking transparency and oversight. It argues that the practices of some regulators in relation to infringement notices raise additional concerns of fairness. The article suggests that a Regulatory Contraventions Statute of general application supplemented by regulatory practice guidelines may assist to ensure that infringement notice schemes avoid a growth by stealth of executive power into areas that are clearly judicial.
Details
- Title
- Infringement notices and federal regulation: Wolves in sheep’s clothing
- Authors
- Anne Rees (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- Australian Business Law Review, Vol.42, pp.276-291
- Publisher
- Lawbook Co.
- Date published
- 2014
- ISSN
- 0310-1053
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2014 Lawbook Co. This article was first published by Thomson Reuters in the Australian Business Law Review. For all subscription inquiries please phone, from Australia: 1300 304 195, from Overseas: +61 2 8587 7980 or online at www.thomsonreuters.com.au/catalogue. The official PDF version of this article can also be purchased separately from Thomson Reuters.
- Organisation Unit
- Governance and Risk Management; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448977502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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