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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.40DFailure to comply with electrical safety duty—category 3
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### sec.40D Failure to comply with electrical safety duty—category 3
A person commits a category 3 offence if—
the person has an electrical safety duty; and
the person fails to comply with that duty.
Maximum penalty—
for an offence committed by an individual, other than as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—500 penalty units; or
for an offence committed by an individual as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—1,000 penalty units; or
for an offence committed by a body corporate—5,000 penalty units.
s 40D ins 2011 No. 18 s 358
- (a) the person has an electrical safety duty; and
- (b) the person fails to comply with that duty.
- (a) for an offence committed by an individual, other than as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—500 penalty units; or
- (b) for an offence committed by an individual as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—1,000 penalty units; or
- (c) for an offence committed by a body corporate—5,000 penalty units.