Victorian Current Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 39G

S. 39G(1) amended by No. 16/2020 s. 21(1).

    (1)     A person who is not a volunteer must not engage in conduct that—

        (a)     is negligent; and

        (b)     constitutes a breach of an applicable duty that the person owes to another person; and

        (c)     causes the death of that other person.

Penalty:     Imprisonment for 25 years for a natural person;

    100 000 penalty units for a body corporate.

S. 39G(2) amended by No. 16/2020 s. 21(2).

    (2)     A person who is an officer of an applicable entity, and who is not a volunteer, must not engage in conduct that—

        (a)     is negligent; and

        (b)     constitutes a breach of an applicable duty that the entity owes to another person; and

        (c)     causes the death of that other person.

Penalty:     Imprisonment for 25 years.

    (3)     An entity is an applicable entity for the purposes of subsection (2)—

        (a)     if it is—

              (i)     a body corporate; or

              (ii)     an unincorporated body or association; or

              (iii)     a partnership; and

        (b)     whether or not it represents the Crown.

    (4)     An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an indictable offence.

Note

Unlike other indictable offences in this Act, these offences cannot be heard and determined summarily, as section 28 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 does not apply to them.

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