Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person on whom a workplace health and safety obligation is imposed must discharge the obligation.
Maximum penalty--
(a) if the breach causes multiple deaths--2000 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment; or
(b) if the breach causes death or grievous bodily harm--1000 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or
(c) if the breach causes bodily harm--750 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment; or
(d) if the breach involves exposure to a substance likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm--750 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment; or
(e) otherwise--500 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
(2) Subsection (1) applies despite Criminal Code, sections 23 and 24.
Editor's note--
Section 23 of the Code deals with a person's criminal responsibility for an act or omission that happens independently of the person's will or for an event which is accidental. Section 24 of the Code deals with a person's criminal responsibility for an act or omission done under an honest and reasonable, but mistaken, belief in the state of things.
(3) If more than 1 person has a workplace health and safety obligation for a matter, each person--
(a) retains responsibility for the person's workplace health and safety obligation for the matter; and
(b) must discharge the person's workplace health and safety obligation to the extent the matter is within the person's control; and
(c) must consult, and cooperate, with all other persons who have a workplace health and safety obligation for the matter.