Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 34C

34C Industrial manslaughter—person conducting business or undertaking

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking commits an offence if—

(a) an individual to whom the person has a health and safety duty—

(i) dies; or

(ii) is injured and later dies; and

(b) the person’s conduct causes the death of the individual; and

(c) the person is negligent about causing the death of the individual by the conduct.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—20 years imprisonment; or

(b) for a body corporate—100,000 penalty units.

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a crime.