Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920

Where in or at the foot of any provision of this Act there appears the expression default penalty, the expression indicates—

that a person convicted of an offence against that provision in respect of a continuing act or omission is liable, in addition to the penalty otherwise applicable to that offence, to a penalty for each day during which the act or omission continued of not more than the amount stipulated as the amount of the default penalty, or if no amount is stipulated, of not more than one hundred dollars; and

that if the act or omission continues after he is convicted, he shall be guilty of a further offence against that provision and liable, in addition to the penalty otherwise applicable to that further offence, to a penalty for each day during which the act or omission continued after that conviction of not more than the amount stipulated as the amount of the default penalty, or if no amount is stipulated, of not more than one hundred dollars.

Where an offence against a provision of this Act consists of an omission to do something that is required or directed to be done, the omission shall, for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, be deemed to continue for so long as the thing required or directed to be done remains undone after the expiration of the period for compliance with the requirement or direction.