Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 19A

19A .         Breaches of section 19(1)

        (1)         If an employer contravenes section 19(1) in circumstances of gross negligence, the employer commits an offence and is liable to a level 4 penalty.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         an employer —

                  (i)         contravenes section 19(1); and

                  (ii)         by the contravention causes the death of, or serious harm to, an employee;

                and

            (b)         subsection (1) does not apply,

                the employer commits an offence and is liable to a level 3 penalty.

        (3)         If —

            (a)         an employer contravenes section 19(1); and

            (b)         neither subsection (1) nor subsection (2) applies,

                the employer commits an offence and is liable to a level 2 penalty.

        (4)         An employer charged with an offence under —

            (a)         subsection (1) may, instead of being convicted of that offence, be convicted of an offence under subsection (2) or (3); or

            (b)         subsection (2) may, instead of being convicted of that offence, be convicted of an offence under subsection (3).

        [Section 19A inserted by No. 51 of 2004 s. 18.]