Section 1 — Work Health and Safety Act 2011: Monetary penalties—categories 1 to 3
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A penalty referred to in column 1 of an item of the following table, for a person referred to in the heading to another column of the table, is the amount specified in that other column of that item, as indexed under clause 4 and rounded under clause 5. Monetary penalties—categories 1 to 3 Item Column 1 Kind of penalty Column 2 An individual who commits an offence as: (a) a person conducting a business undertaking; or (b) an officer of a person conducting a business undertaking Column 3 An individual who commits an offence (other than as mentioned in column 2) Column 4 A body corporate 1 the category 1 monetary penalty $3,000,000 $1,500,000 $15,000,000 2 the category 2 monetary penalty $418,000 $209,000 $2,090,000 3 the category 3 monetary penalty $140,000 $70,000 $700,000
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation
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