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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.799LIndustrial manslaughter—senior officer
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### sec.799L Industrial manslaughter—senior officer
A senior officer of an employer for an operating plant or gas work commits an offence if—
a worker—
dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or
is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and
the senior officer’s conduct causes the death of the worker; and
the senior officer is negligent about causing the death of the worker by the conduct.
Maximum penalty—20 years imprisonment.
An offence against subsection (1) is a crime.
s 799L ins 2020 No. 14 s 203
(sec.799L-ssec.1) A senior officer of an employer for an operating plant or gas work commits an offence if— a worker— dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and the senior officer’s conduct causes the death of the worker; and the senior officer is negligent about causing the death of the worker by the conduct. Maximum penalty—20 years imprisonment.
(sec.799L-ssec.2) An offence against subsection (1) is a crime.
- (a) a worker— (i) dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or (ii) is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and
- (i) dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or
- (ii) is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and
- (b) the senior officer’s conduct causes the death of the worker; and
- (c) the senior officer is negligent about causing the death of the worker by the conduct.
- (i) dies in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant or the place where the gas work is carried out; or
- (ii) is injured in the course of carrying out work at the operating plant, or the place where the gas work is carried out, and later dies; and