Workplace Safety and Health Act · s 51

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51.
Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied
(1) Where any person is convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may, in addition to or instead of imposing any penalty, order him to take, within the time specified in the order (or within such further time as the court may allow), such steps as may be so specified for remedying the matters in respect of which the contravention occurred.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where an order is made under subsection (1), the convicted person is not liable under this Act in respect of the continuation of the contravention during the time specified in the order or allowed by the court to remedy the matters in respect of which the contravention occurred.
(3) If, after the expiration of the time specified in the order or allowed by the court under subsection (1) following a conviction for an offence, the order is not complied with, the person referred to in that subsection is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day during which the non-compliance continues after the date of conviction for that first-mentioned offence.

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s 51Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied

(1)

Where any person is convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may, in addition to or instead of imposing any penalty, order him to take, within the time specified in the order (or within such further time as the court may allow), such steps as may be so specified for remedying the matters in respect of which the contravention occurred.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3), where an order is made under subsection (1), the convicted person is not liable under this Act in respect of the continuation of the contravention during the time specified in the order or allowed by the court to remedy the matters in respect of which the contravention occurred.

(3)

If, after the expiration of the time specified in the order or allowed by the court under subsection (1) following a conviction for an offence, the order is not complied with, the person referred to in that subsection is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day during which the non-compliance continues after the date of conviction for that first-mentioned offence.