Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991 No. 30, 1991 - SECT 50

50. A person must not, without reasonable excuse:

   (a)  tamper with any notice that has been displayed under subsection 44
        (3), 45 (3), 46 (9) or 47 (8) while that notice is so displayed; or

   (b)  remove any notice that has been so displayed:

        (i)    in the case of a notice displayed under subsection 44 (3) -
               until the plant or thing to which the notice relates is
               returned to the workplace from which it was removed; or

        (ii)   in the case of a notice displayed under subsection 45 (3), 46
               (9) or 47 (8) - before the notice has ceased to have effect.
Penalty: $3,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.