Multiple contraventions of health and safety duty provision

Current

(1)

2 or more contraventions of a health and safety duty provision by a person that arise out of the same factual circumstances may be charged as a single offence or as separate offences.

(2)

This section does not authorise contraventions of 2 or more health and safety duty provisions to be charged as a single offence.

(3)

A single penalty only may be imposed in relation to 2 or more contraventions of a health and safety duty provision that are charged as a single offence.

(4)

In this section health and safety duty provision means a provision of Division 2, 3 or 4 of Part 2.

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