Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 (NO. 137, 2011) - SECT 144

             (1)  A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or unduly delay entry into a workplace by a WHS entry permit holder who is entitled to enter the workplace under this Part.

WHS civil penalty provision.

Penalty:

                     (a)  In the case of an individual--$10 000.

                     (b)  In the case of a body corporate--$50 000.

             (2)  Subsection (1) places an evidential burden on the accused to show a reasonable excuse.