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Workplace Safety and Health Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences, Penalties and Proceedings
Workplace Safety and Health Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences, Penalties and Proceedings
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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 —
in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $200,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both; and
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 —
in the case of an individual, not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction; or
in the case of a body corporate, not exceeding $5,000
for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.
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