New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 2005 - SECT 244A

244A Application of work health and safety legislation

(1) The provisions of an applicable road law do not preclude, or otherwise affect, the operation of the work health and safety legislation.

(2) If the effect of complying with a requirement of an applicable road law would be to cause a person to contravene a provision of the work health and safety legislation, the person is not required to comply with the requirement of the applicable road law.

(3) Where an act or omission constitutes an offence under an applicable road law and:

(a) under the work health and safety legislation, or

(b) under the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008 ,

the offender is not liable to be punished twice in relation to the offence.

(4) In this section:
"work health and safety legislation" means the following Acts and any regulations made under those Acts:

(a) the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 ,

(b) the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 ,

(c) the Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 .