Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) ACT 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.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     in the case of an individual – $20 000; or

        (b)     in the case of a body corporate – $100 000.

Note for subsection (1)

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

    (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.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     in the case of an individual – $20 000; or

        (b)     in the case of a body corporate – $100 000.

Note for subsection (2)

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