Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) ACT 2011 - SECT 33

A person commits a Category 3 offence if:

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

        (b)     the person fails to comply with that duty.

Maximum 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) – $50 000; or

        (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 – $100 000; or

        (c)     in the case of an offence committed by a body corporate – $500 000.

Note for section 33

Strict liability applies to each physical element of this offence – see section 12B.