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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
233Multiple contraventions of health and safety duty
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233 Multiple contraventions of health and safety duty
(1) Two or more contraventions of a health and safety duty provision by
a person that arise out of the same factual circumstances may be
charged as a single offence or as separate offences.
(2) However, this section does not authorise contraventions of 2 or more
health and safety duty provisions to be charged as a single offence.
(3) A single penalty only may be imposed in relation to 2 or more
contraventions of a health and safety duty provision that are charged
as a single offence.
health and safety duty provision means a provision of—
(c) division 2.4 (Duty of officers, workers and other persons).