New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 44

44 Requirements for prescribed qualifications or experience

(1) A person must not carry out work at a workplace if--

(a) the regulations require the work, or class of work, to be carried out by, or under the supervision of, a person who has prescribed qualifications or experience, and

(b) the person does not have the prescribed qualifications or experience or the work is not carried out under the supervision of a person who has the prescribed qualifications or experience.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for an individual--243 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate--1,214 penalty units.

(2) A person who conducts a business or undertaking must not direct or allow a worker to carry out work at a workplace if--

(a) the regulations require the work, or class of work, to be carried out by, or under the supervision of, a person who has prescribed qualifications or experience, and

(b) the worker does not have the prescribed qualifications or experience or the work is not carried out under the supervision of a person who has the prescribed qualifications or experience.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for an individual--243 penalty units, or

(b) for a body corporate--1,214 penalty units.