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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 242

Offence to fail to comply with order

    (1)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with an order under this division.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     in the case of an individual—$50 000; or

        (b)     in the case of a body corporate—$250 000.

Note     Strict liability applies to each physical element of this offence (see  s 12A).

    (2)     Subsection (1) places an evidential burden on the defendant to show a reasonable excuse.

Note     Evidential burden —see the Criminal Code

, s 58.

    (3)     This section does not apply to an order or injunction under—

        (a)     section 239 (Release on the giving of a court-ordered WHS undertaking); or

        (b)     section 240 (Injunctions).



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