Summary and Background Part 4: Marine Licensing Civil sanctions Section 95: Variable monetary penalties
293.This section enables the licensing authority by order to grant to the appropriate enforcement authority the power to issue a variable monetary penalty to a person in relation to an offence under this Part.
294.The appropriate enforcement authority is defined in section 115(1).
295.The appropriate enforcement authority may impose a variable monetary penalty only when satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has committed the offence.
296.The enforcement authority will determine the amount of the variable monetary penalty on a case-by-case basis.