Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Compliance Measures) Act 2013
16COccupational health and safety duties offence—negligence
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16C Occupational health and safety duties offence—negligence
Offence (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person is subject to a health and safety requirement; and (b) the person omits to do an act; and (c) the omission breaches the requirement.
Penalty: 1,750 penalty units.
Fault elements (2) Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(a).
Note: For absolute liability, see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code.
(3) Negligence applies to paragraphs (1)(b) and (c).
Note: For negligence, see section 5.5 of the Criminal Code.
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