New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 109

109 Misrepresentation

(1) A person must not knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading representation to another person about that other person's--

(a) rights or obligations under this Act, or

(b) ability to initiate, or participate in, a process or proceedings under this Act, or

(c) ability to make a complaint or inquiry to a person or body empowered under this Act to seek compliance with this Act.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--1,155 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of a body corporate--5,770 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person to whom the representation is made would not be expected to rely on it.