WORKSAFE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 48 OF 2017) - SECT 13 Duty to preserve incident sites
WORKSAFE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 48 OF 2017) - SECT 13
Duty to preserve incident sites(1) In section 39(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 , after "must" insert "not, without reasonable excuse, fail to".
(2) For the penalty at the foot of section 39(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 substitute —
"Penalty: 240 penalty units for a natural person;
1200 penalty units for a body corporate.".
(3) After section 39(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 insert —
"(3) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.
Note
However, the offence may be heard and determined summarily (see section 28 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 ).".