Additional penalties for railway offences affecting safety
168 Additional penalties for railway offences affecting safety
This section applies to an offence committed on or in relation to railway premises or any station or platform.
If a court that convicts a person for an offence against the regulations is satisfied that the offence was committed in circumstances of aggravation, the court may impose a penalty for the offence not exceeding 250 penalty units.
For the purposes of this section, circumstances of aggravation are that the actions of the offender that constituted the offence—
caused or contributed to appreciable danger or harm to any persons, animals, premises or property, or
were reasonably likely to cause or contribute to such danger or harm (whether or not any such danger or harm was actually caused).
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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