OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 12 Penalty for offence against this Division

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 12

12 Penalty for offence against this Division

A person who contravenes, whether by act or omission, a provision of this Division is guilty of an offence against that provision and is liable to the following 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 imprisonment for 2 years, or both, or

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

Note: Section 17 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 provides, at the enactment of this Act, that the value of a penalty unit is $110. Accordingly, the above maximum penalties are as follows:

(a) in the case of a corporation (being a previous offender)--$825,000, or

(b) in the case of a corporation (not being a previous offender)--$550,000, or

(c) in the case of an individual (being a previous offender)--$82,500 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, or

(d) in the case of an individual (not being a previous offender)--$55,000.