Person must not enter into arrangements with unlicensed providers
12 Person must not enter into arrangements with unlicensed providers
A person must not, without a reasonable excuse, enter into an arrangement for the provision of labour hire services unless the person providing the labour hire services is authorised to provide labour hire services by a licence under this Act. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty:
in the case of a natural person—$140 000;
in the case of a body corporate—$400 000.
Without limitation, subsection (1) applies to a person irrespective of whether the person is—
the person to whom the labour hire services are to be provided under the arrangement; or
entering into the arrangement as an agent or intermediary of the person providing the labour hire services under the arrangement;
or
the person providing the labour hire services under the arrangement.
It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply if, when the person entered into the arrangement, the person providing the labour hire services was shown on the register as the holder of a licence.
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