Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 (NO. 137, 2011) - SECT 43

             (1)  A person must not carry out work at a workplace if:

                     (a)  the regulations require the work, or class of work, to be carried out by, or on behalf of, a person who is authorised; and

                     (b)  the person, or the person on whose behalf the work is carried out, is not authorised in accordance with the regulations.

Penalty:

                     (a)  In the case of an individual--$20 000.

                     (b)  In the case of a body corporate--$100 000.

             (2)  A person who conducts a business or undertaking must not direct or allow a worker to carry out work at a workplace if:

                     (a)  the regulations require the work, or class of work, to be carried out by, or on behalf of, a person who is authorised; and

                     (b)  the person, or the person on whose behalf the work is to be carried out, is not authorised in accordance with the regulations.

Penalty:

                     (a)  In the case of an individual--$20 000.

                     (b)  In the case of a body corporate--$100 000.