Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 (NO. 137, 2011) - SECT 32

                   A person commits a Category 2 offence if:

                     (a)  the person has a health and safety duty; and

                     (b)  the person fails to comply with that duty; and

                     (c)  the failure exposes an individual to a risk of death or serious injury or illness.

Penalty:

                     (a)  In the case of an offence committed by an individual (other than as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking)--$150 000.

                     (b)  In the case of an offence committed by an individual as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking--$300 000.

                     (c)  In the case of an offence committed by a body corporate--$1 500 000.