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ELECTRICAL SAFETY ACT 2022 (NO 3 OF 2022) - SECT 47

Offences in relation to events

    (1)     A person commits an offence if:

    (a)     a serious electrical event or dangerous electrical event occurs; and

    (b)     the person must report the event under section  37 ; and

    (c)     the person fails to report the event immediately in accordance with section 37 after becoming aware that the event occurred.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if:

    (a)     the person has management or control of a place; and

    (b)     a serious electrical event or dangerous electrical event occurs at the place; and

    (c)     the person fails to do all that was reasonably practicable to preserve the site of the event in accordance with section  38 .

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if:

    (a)     a serious electrical event or dangerous electrical event occurs; and

    (b)     the person must record the event in accordance with section  37 (8); and

    (c)     the person fails, after becoming aware of the event, to keep a record of the event for a period of 5 years after the event occurred.

Maximum penalty:     50 penalty units.

    (4)     An offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) is an offence of strict liability.



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