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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (NO. 18 OF 1989) - SECT 89

Interfering with safety equipment

89. (1) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, interfere with equipment at or near a workplace, being equipment that the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, is provided in the interests of the health or safety of persons at work.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—$5,000 or imprisonment for one year, or both; or

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$25,000.

(2) In subsection (1), “interfere” means do any act or thing that is calculated or likely to inhibit or prevent the effective operation of the equipment.



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