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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 255
Proceedings for contravention of WHS civil penalty provision
(1) Subject to this division, proceedings may be taken in a Magistrates Court
(the
"court" ) against a person for a contravention of a
WHS civil penalty provision. Note— The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999
generally apply.
(2) If a body corporate contravenes a civil penalty
provision, the value of the penalty units applying to the contravention is
calculated under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 181B (the
"calculation section" ).
(3) For subsection (2) , a reference in the
calculation section to the maximum fine for an offence includes a reference to
the maximum penalty for the contravention of the civil penalty provision.
Note— A term
"penalty unit" has the meaning given under the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 5 —see the
Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 , definition penalty unit .
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