The Australian Government has moved to increase the maximum value of monetary fines for federal criminal offences across the board. This increase comes on top of recent very substantial increases in fines for pollution offences in particular.
Maximum monetary penalties for offences under federal legislation are set by reference to “penalty units” . A single statutory provision then defines a “penalty unit” as being a specific dollar amount. The value of the penalty unit has not changed since 1997, and the proposed increase (of more than 50%), is intended to incorporate all changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since then.
See attached file: Bulletin 861.pdf
新联邦罚款金额-澳大利亚
澳大利亚政府已通过决议提高所有联邦刑事违法罚款的最高金额。本次提高紧随近期特别针对环境污染罪罚金的大幅度提高而进行。
联邦法下针对违法的最高罚款金额参照”罚款单位” 确定。有独立的法律条款将”罚款单位” 定义为特定的金额。自1997年以来，罚款单位的金额未曾改变，拟提高的金额(大于50%)用于抵销自1997年以来消费者物价指数(CPI)的变化。
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