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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 (NO. 137, 2011) - SECT 109

Misrepresentation

             (1)  A person must not knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading representation to another person about that other person's:

                     (a)  rights or obligations under this Act; or

                     (b)  ability to initiate, or participate in, a process or proceedings under this Act; or

                     (c)  ability to make a complaint or inquiry to a person or body empowered under this Act to seek compliance with this Act.

Penalty:

                     (a)  In the case of an individual--$100 000.

                     (b)  In the case of a body corporate--$500 000.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the person to whom the representation is made would not be expected to rely on it.


 



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