Board may order work to stop
39 Board may order work to stop
This section applies to a person who:
is liable to pay an amount of the levy for construction work; and
fails to pay that amount when it becomes payable.
(2) Despite any other law in force in the Territory, the Board may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, order that the work be stopped from a specified time until the amount is paid.
The Board may do so by notice given to:
the person; and
(b) if the person does not carry out the work – a person who is carrying out the work (other than a construction worker).
(4) A person carrying out the work and to whom the notice is given must comply with the notice.
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person – 200 penalty units and a default penalty of 2 penalty units per day.
If the offender is a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units and a default penalty of 10 penalty units per day.
For subsection (4), if a court is satisfied that:
a person is guilty of an offence against that subsection; and
(b) the offence continued to be committed after the first day on which it was committed,
the court may, in addition to the penalty for the offence, impose the default penalty for each day during which the offence continued to be committed after the first day on which it was committed.
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