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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 471 Compliance with orders and directions

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 471

Compliance with orders and directions

             (1)  A person to whom an order or a direction under this Division is expressed to apply must comply with the order or direction.

Civil remedy provisions

             (2)  Subsection (1) is a civil remedy provision.

             (3)  The Court may order a person who has contravened subsection (1) to pay a pecuniary penalty.

             (4)  The pecuniary penalty cannot be more than 300 penalty units for a body corporate or 60 penalty units in any other case.

             (5)  An application for an order under subsection (3) may be made by:

                     (a)  an employee who is eligible to be included on the roll of voters for the protected action ballot concerned; or

                     (b)  an employer of employees referred to in paragraph (a); or

                     (c)  an applicant for the order for the protected action ballot concerned to be held; or

                     (d)  a workplace inspector; or

                     (e)  any other person prescribed by the regulations.

Note:          For other provisions about civil remedy provisions, see Division 3 of Part 14.