Western Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2020 - SECT 272A

272A .         No insurance or other indemnities against fines

        (1)         In this section —

        indemnify means indemnify wholly or partly;

        insurance policy includes any contract of insurance.

        (2)         An insurance policy is of no effect to the extent that, apart from this subsection, it would indemnify a person for the person’s liability to pay a fine for an offence against this Act.

        (3)         A person ( A ) must not —

            (a)         enter into, or offer to enter into, an insurance policy that purports to indemnify a person for the person’s liability to pay a fine for an offence against this Act; or

            (b)         indemnify, or offer to indemnify, another person for the other person’s liability to pay a fine for an offence against this Act; or

            (c)         be indemnified, or agree to be indemnified, by another person for A’s liability to pay a fine for an offence against this Act; or

            (d)         pay to another person, or receive from another person, an indemnity for a fine for an offence against this Act.

        Penalty for this subsection:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $51 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $255 000.