Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 318

318 Application of s 261 to alleged contraventions of WHS civil penalty provisions before commencement

(1) This section applies to a contravention of a WHS civil penalty provision allegedly committed before the commencement, if a proceeding for the contravention had not been started before the commencement.

(2) If the contravention first came to the notice of the regulator before the commencement, section 261 as in force immediately before the commencement continues to apply to the contravention.

(3) Subject to subsection (2) , section 261 as in force on the commencement applies to the contravention.