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Heavy Vehicle National Law Act 2012
sec.700Order for damages or reinstatement
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### sec.700 Order for damages or reinstatement
This section applies if a court convicts an employer of an offence against section 699 in relation to an employee or prospective employee.
In addition to imposing a penalty, the court may make 1 or more of the following orders—
an order that the employer pay, within a stated period, the employee or prospective employee the damages the court considers appropriate to compensate the employee or prospective employee;
for an employee—an order that the employee be reinstated or re-employed in the employee’s former position or, if that position is not available, in a similar position;
for a prospective employee—an order that the prospective employee be employed in the position for which the prospective employee applied or, if that position is not available, in a similar position.
An order for damages under subsection (2) (a) —
can not be for an amount exceeding the monetary jurisdictional limit of the court in civil proceedings; and
is taken to be, and is enforceable as, a judgment of the court sitting in civil proceedings.
A person against whom an order is made under subsection (2) (b) or (c) must comply with the order.
Maximum penalty—$10000.
In this section—
employee includes an individual who works under a contract for services.
employer , of a prospective employee, includes a prospective employer of the employee.
sch s 700 ins 2013 No. 4 s 12
(sec.700-ssec.1) This section applies if a court convicts an employer of an offence against section 699 in relation to an employee or prospective employee.
(sec.700-ssec.2) In addition to imposing a penalty, the court may make 1 or more of the following orders— an order that the employer pay, within a stated period, the employee or prospective employee the damages the court considers appropriate to compensate the employee or prospective employee; for an employee—an order that the employee be reinstated or re-employed in the employee’s former position or, if that position is not available, in a similar position; for a prospective employee—an order that the prospective employee be employed in the position for which the prospective employee applied or, if that position is not available, in a similar position.
(sec.700-ssec.3) An order for damages under subsection (2) (a) — can not be for an amount exceeding the monetary jurisdictional limit of the court in civil proceedings; and is taken to be, and is enforceable as, a judgment of the court sitting in civil proceedings.
(sec.700-ssec.4) A person against whom an order is made under subsection (2) (b) or (c) must comply with the order. Maximum penalty—$10000.
(sec.700-ssec.5) In this section— employee includes an individual who works under a contract for services. employer , of a prospective employee, includes a prospective employer of the employee.
- (a) an order that the employer pay, within a stated period, the employee or prospective employee the damages the court considers appropriate to compensate the employee or prospective employee;
- (b) for an employee—an order that the employee be reinstated or re-employed in the employee’s former position or, if that position is not available, in a similar position;
- (c) for a prospective employee—an order that the prospective employee be employed in the position for which the prospective employee applied or, if that position is not available, in a similar position.
- (a) can not be for an amount exceeding the monetary jurisdictional limit of the court in civil proceedings; and
- (b) is taken to be, and is enforceable as, a judgment of the court sitting in civil proceedings.