WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 No. 18 - SECT 32 32 Failure to comply with health and safety duty—category 2

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 No. 18 - SECT 32

A person commits a category 2 offence if—

(a) the person has a health and safety duty; and

(b) the person fails to comply with that duty; and

(c) the failure exposes an individual to a risk of death or serious injury or illness.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an offence committed by an individual, other than as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—1500 penalty units; or

(b) for an offence committed by an individual as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—3000 penalty units; or

(c) for an offence committed by a body corporate—15000 penalty units.

Note—

See also the note to section 31(1).