Western Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1984 - SECT 20A

20A .         Breaches of section 20(1) or (3)

        (1)         If an employee contravenes section 20(1) or (3) in circumstances of gross negligence, the employee commits an offence and is liable —

            (a)         for a first offence, to a fine of $25 000; and

            (b)         for a subsequent offence, to a fine of $31 250.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         an employee —

                  (i)         contravenes section 20(1) or (3); and

                  (ii)         by the contravention causes the death of, or serious harm to, a person;

                and

            (b)         subsection (1) does not apply,

                the employee commits an offence and is liable —

            (c)         for a first offence, to a fine of $20 000; and

            (d)         for a subsequent offence, to a fine of $25 000.

        (3)         If —

            (a)         an employee contravenes section 20(1) or (3); and

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

                the employee commits an offence and is liable —

            (c)         for a first offence, to a fine of $10 000; and

            (d)         for a subsequent offence, to a fine of $12 500.

        (4)         An employee 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 20A inserted by No. 51 of 2004 s. 20.]