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What is the maximum penalty?

Breaching the law is serious; it may be the difference between life and death.

Therefore penalties are substantial.

Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995

Individual

Imprisonment

Corporation

Multiple deaths

$200,000

3 years

$1,000,000

Offences causing death or grievous bodily harm

$100,000

2 years

$500,000

Exposure to a substance likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm

$75,000

1 year

$375,000

Offences causing bodily harm

$75,000

1 year

$375,000

Other offences

$50,000

6 months

$250,000