New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 24

24 Person not to hinder aid to injured worker etc

(1) A person must not, by intimidation or by any other act or omission, intentionally hinder or obstruct or attempt to hinder or obstruct, without reasonable excuse:

(a) the giving or receiving of aid in respect of the illness or injury of a person at work, or

(b) the doing of any act or thing to avoid or prevent a serious risk to the health or safety of a person at work.

(2) A person at a place of work must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse any reasonable request:

(a) for assistance in the giving or receiving of aid in respect of the illness or injury of a person at work at that place of work, or

(b) for the doing of any act or thing to assist in the avoidance or prevention of a serious risk to the health or safety of a person at work at that place of work.

Maximum penalty:

(a) in the case of a corporation (being a previous offender)-7,500 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a corporation (not being a previous offender)-5,000 penalty units, or

(c) in the case of an individual (being a previous offender)-750 penalty units, or

(d) in the case of an individual (not being a previous offender)-500 penalty units.