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Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011
sec.23Failure to comply with health and safety duty for recreational water activities—category 3
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### sec.23 Failure to comply with health and safety duty for recreational water activities—category 3
A person commits a category 3 offence if—
the person has a health and safety duty for recreational water activities; and
the person fails to comply with that duty.
Maximum penalty—
for an offence committed by an individual, other than as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—500 penalty units; or
for an offence committed by an individual as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—1,000 penalty units; or
for an offence committed by a body corporate—5,000 penalty units.
See also the note to section 21 (1) .
- (a) the person has a health and safety duty for recreational water activities; and
- (b) the person fails to comply with that duty.
- (a) for an offence committed by an individual, other than as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—500 penalty units; or
- (b) for an offence committed by an individual as a person conducting a business or undertaking or as an officer of a person conducting a business or undertaking—1,000 penalty units; or
- (c) for an offence committed by a body corporate—5,000 penalty units.