10Penalties and offences

10 Penalties and offences

10 Penalties and offences

(1) Every person who contravenes or fails to comply in any respect with any provision of this Act shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(2) Every person who—

(a) makes any false or misleading statement in, or any material omission from, any long service leave record which the person is required to keep, or

(b) obstructs any inspector in the exercise of the inspector’s powers under this Act, or

(c) fails to comply with any requirement or direction lawfully given by an inspector under this Act or to furnish any information lawfully demanded under this Act by an inspector,

shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3) Any employer who does any act or thing for the purpose of or which has the effect of in any way whether directly or indirectly—

(a) avoiding or evading any obligation imposed on the employer by this Act, or

(b) defeating, evading, avoiding or preventing the operation of this Act in any respect,

shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(4) (Repealed)

(5) In this section, inspector includes a public servant authorised under section 9 (4).

s 10: Am 1980 No 185, sec 3 (a); 1983 No 99, Sch 1 (4); 1985 No 54, Sch 2 (12); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2012 No 97, Sch 1.23 [3].