Workplace Safety and Health Act · s 49

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s 49General penalty

Any person guilty of an offence under this Act (but not including the regulations) for which no penalty is expressly provided is liable on conviction —

(a)

in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $200,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both; and

(b)

in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $10,000,000, and, if the contravention in respect of which he was so convicted continues after the conviction, he is (subject to section 51) guilty of a further offence and liable to a fine —

(i)

in the case of an individual, not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction; or

(ii)

in the case of a body corporate, not exceeding $5,000

for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.