Work Health and Safety Act 2011 No 10
Current version for 6 July 2012 to date (accessed 19 May 2013 at 00:00)
Part 7Division 7Section 147

147   Misrepresentations about things authorised by this Part

(1)  A person must not take action:
(a)  with the intention of giving the impression, or
(b)  reckless as to whether the impression is given,
      that the doing of a thing is authorised by this Part if it is not so authorised.

WHS civil penalty provision.

Maximum penalty:

(a)  in the case of an individual—$10,000, or
(b)  in the case of a body corporate—$50,000.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the person reasonably believes that the doing of the thing is authorised.
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