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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 255

Proceedings for contravention of WHS civil penalty provision

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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