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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
272ANo insurance or other indemnity against penalties
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272A No insurance or other indemnity against penalties
(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse—
(a) enter into a contract of insurance or other arrangement under
which the person, or another person, is purportedly covered for
all or part of a liability for a monetary penalty under this Act; or
(b) provide insurance or a grant of indemnity for all or part of a
liability for a monetary penalty under this Act; or
(c) take the benefit of a contract of insurance, arrangement or grant
of indemnity mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2) Subsection (1) places an evidential burden on the defendant to show
(3) A term of a contract of insurance or other arrangement is void to the
extent it purports to cover a person for all or part of a liability for a
monetary penalty under this Act.