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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.186CMultiple contraventions of electrical safety duty provision
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### sec.186C Multiple contraventions of electrical safety duty provision
Two or more contraventions of an electrical 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.
This section does not authorise contraventions of 2 or more electrical safety duty provisions to be charged as a single offence.
A single penalty only may be imposed for 2 or more contraventions of an electrical safety duty provision that are charged as a single offence.
In this section electrical safety duty provision means a provision of part 2 , division 2 .
s 186C ins 2011 No. 18 s 386
(sec.186C-ssec.1) Two or more contraventions of an electrical 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.
(sec.186C-ssec.2) This section does not authorise contraventions of 2 or more electrical safety duty provisions to be charged as a single offence.
(sec.186C-ssec.3) A single penalty only may be imposed for 2 or more contraventions of an electrical safety duty provision that are charged as a single offence.
(sec.186C-ssec.4) In this section electrical safety duty provision means a provision of part 2 , division 2 .