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Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
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136 Orders to undertake improvement projects
(1) If a court convicts a person or finds a person guilty of an offence against this Act or the regulations the court may make an order requiring the offender to undertake a specified project for the general improvement of occupational health, safety and welfare within the period specified in the order.
(2) The order may specify conditions that must be complied with in undertaking the specified project.
(3) The court must not make an order under this section unless it is satisfied that the costs of complying with the order do not exceed the maximum penalty amount that the court may impose on the offender for the offence concerned.
(4) The court may make an order under this section in relation to an offender in addition to or instead of—