Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) ACT 2011 - SECT 109

    (1)     A person must not knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading representation to another person about that other person's:

        (a)     rights or obligations under this Act; or

        (b)     ability to initiate, or participate in, a process or proceedings under this Act; or

        (c)     ability to make a complaint or inquiry to a person or body empowered under this Act to seek compliance with this Act.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     in the case of an individual – $100 000; or

        (b)     in the case of a body corporate – $500 000.

    (1A)     Section 12B does not apply to an offence against subsection (1).

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the person to whom the representation is made would not be expected to rely on it.