Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) If a court convicts a person of an offence against this Act, the court may, in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, make any 1 or more of the following orders:
(a) an adverse publicity order;
(b) a remedial measures order;
(c) a training order.
(2) An adverse publicity order is an order requiring the defendant to publicise in a manner and to an extent specified by the court:
(a) the fact of the conviction and, if the court so requires, the amount of the penalty; and
(b) any of the circumstances surrounding the case that the court requires to be publicised.
(3) A remedial measures order is an order requiring the defendant to take specified measures for improving standards of occupational health and safety at a particular workplace.
Example
A remedial measures order might require the defendant to:
(a) engage a consultant, approved by the Authority, to advise on and assist with occupational safety; and
(b) develop and implement a systematic approach to managing risks to health or safety that may arise in the conduct of the defendant's business; and
(c) arrange for the carrying out of an independent audit of the health and safety measures for the defendant's business by a person approved by the Authority.
(4) A training order is an order requiring the defendant to undertake a specified course of training.
(5) An order under this section may include incidental provisions such as a requirement to provide the Authority with specified evidence of compliance.
(6) If a defendant fails to comply with an adverse publicity order, a remedial measures order or a training order, the defendant is guilty of a further offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.