Queensland Numbered Acts

MINING AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2007 No. 46 - SECT 47

(1) Section 32, penalty--

omit, insert--

'Maximum penalty--

(a) if the contravention causes multiple deaths and serious harm to property or the environment--3000 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment; or

(b) if the contravention causes multiple deaths--2000 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment; or

(c) if the contravention causes death or grievous bodily harm--1000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or

(d) if the contravention involves exposure to a substance likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm--750 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment; or

(e) if the contravention causes bodily harm--750 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment; or

(f) if the contravention causes serious harm to property or the environment--750 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment; or

(g) otherwise--500 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.'.

(2) Section 32--

insert--

'(2) In this section--

bodily harm see the Criminal Code, section 1.

grievous bodily harm see the Criminal Code, section 1.'.