WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 200 Compliance with non-disturbance notice

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 200

    (1)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a non-disturbance notice issued to the person.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     in the case of an individual—$50 000; or

        (b)     in the case of a body corporate—$250 000.

Note     Strict liability applies to each physical element of this offence (see  s 12A).

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

Note     Evidential burden —see the Criminal Code

, s 58.