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Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999
sec.267GGiving of notice proposing imposition of civil penalty
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### sec.267G Giving of notice proposing imposition of civil penalty
This section applies if the CEO reasonably believes a relevant corporation is liable to pay a civil penalty on the grounds of a contravention of a civil penalty obligation.
The CEO may give the corporation a notice (a proposed penalty notice ) proposing to impose a civil penalty on the corporation on the grounds of the contravention.
The proposed penalty notice must state each of the following matters—
that the CEO proposes to impose a civil penalty on the corporation;
the grounds for imposing the penalty;
the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;
that the corporation may make a written submission to the CEO, within a stated period of at least 14 days after the corporation is given the notice, to show why the civil penalty should not be imposed;
the way in which the submission may be made.
s 267G ins 2018 No. 28 s 44
amd 2020 No. 10 s 139 sch 2
(sec.267G-ssec.1) This section applies if the CEO reasonably believes a relevant corporation is liable to pay a civil penalty on the grounds of a contravention of a civil penalty obligation.
(sec.267G-ssec.2) The CEO may give the corporation a notice (a proposed penalty notice ) proposing to impose a civil penalty on the corporation on the grounds of the contravention.
(sec.267G-ssec.3) The proposed penalty notice must state each of the following matters— that the CEO proposes to impose a civil penalty on the corporation; the grounds for imposing the penalty; the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; that the corporation may make a written submission to the CEO, within a stated period of at least 14 days after the corporation is given the notice, to show why the civil penalty should not be imposed; the way in which the submission may be made.
- (a) that the CEO proposes to impose a civil penalty on the corporation;
- (b) the grounds for imposing the penalty;
- (c) the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;
- (d) that the corporation may make a written submission to the CEO, within a stated period of at least 14 days after the corporation is given the notice, to show why the civil penalty should not be imposed;
- (e) the way in which the submission may be made.