WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 144 Person must not refuse or delay entry of WHS entry permit-holder

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 144

    (1)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or unduly delay entry into a workplace by a WHS entry permit-holder who is entitled to enter the workplace under this part.

WHS civil penalty provision.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     in the case of an individual—$10 000; or

        (b)     in the case of a body corporate—$50 000.

    (2)     Subsection (1) places an evidential burden on the accused to show a reasonable excuse.

Note     Evidential burden —see the Criminal Code

, s 58.