Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 (NO. 137, 2011) - SECT 147

             (1)  A person must not take action:

                     (a)  with the intention of giving the impression; or

                     (b)  reckless as to whether the impression is given;

that the doing of a thing is authorised by this Part if it is not so authorised.

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) does not apply if the person reasonably believes that the doing of the thing is authorised.