Victorian Numbered Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 (NO 107 OF 2004) - SECT 23

    (1)     An employer must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that persons other than employees of the employer are not exposed to risks to their health or safety arising from the conduct of the undertaking of the employer.

Penalty:     1800 penalty units for a natural person;

9000 penalty units for a body corporate.

    (2)     An offence against sub-section (1) is an indictable offence.

    Note:     However, the offence may be heard and determined summarily (see section 53 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 ).