New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 115

115 Orders to publicise or notify offence

(1) The court may do any one or more of the following:

(a) order the offender to take specified action to publicise the offence, its consequences, the penalty imposed and any other related matter,

(b) order the offender to take specified action to notify specified persons or classes of persons of the offence, its consequences, the penalty imposed and any other related matter (including, for example, the publication in an annual report or any other notice to shareholders of a company or the notification of persons aggrieved or affected by the offender's conduct).

(2) The court may, in an order under this section, fix a period for compliance and impose any other requirements the court considers necessary or expedient for enforcement of the order.

(3) If the offender fails to comply with an order under this section, the prosecutor or a person authorised by the prosecutor may take action to carry out the order as far as may be practicable, including action to publicise or notify:

(a) the original contravention, its consequences, the penalty imposed and any other related matter, and

(b) the failure to comply with the order.

(4) The reasonable cost of taking action referred to in subsection (3) is recoverable by the prosecutor or person taking the action, in a court of competent jurisdiction, as a debt from the offender.