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CurrentMultiple contraventions of rail safety duty provision
Part 8General liability and evidentiary provisions
Division 1Legal proceedings
Subdivision 1General matters
219 Multiple contraventions of rail safety duty provision
(1)
Two or more contraventions of a rail 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 rail safety duty provisions to be charged as a single offence.
(3)
A single penalty only may be imposed in respect of 2 or more contraventions of a rail safety duty provision that are charged as a single offence.
(4)
In this section —
rail safety duty provision means a provision of Part 3 Division 3.
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