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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.708AOffence not to comply with safety requirement
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### sec.708A Offence not to comply with safety requirement
A person must comply with all safety requirements.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to sections 696 , 697 , 731AA and 734 .
s 708A ins 2005 No. 3 s 87
amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1 ; 2019 No. 7 s 311 s ch 1 pt 3
(sec.708A-ssec.1) A person must comply with all safety requirements. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 814A , to have also committed the offence.
(sec.708A-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to sections 696 , 697 , 731AA and 734 .