Section 4747 Summary procedure for offences
(1) Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations shall be dealt with summarily:(a) before a Local Court constituted by a Magistrate sitting alone, or(b) before the Industrial Relations Commission in Court Session.(c) (Repealed)(1A) If a person is convicted of an offence against this Act, the convicting court may order the offender to pay to the WorkCover Authority the reasonable cost of examining or testing any plant, substance or thing to which the conviction relates.(1B) That cost may be recovered by the WorkCover Authority as a judgment debt against the person convicted.(2) The maximum penalty that may be imposed in those proceedings by a Local Court is 500 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment (or both), or the maximum penalty provided in respect of the offence, whichever is the lesser.(3) The maximum penalty that may be imposed in those proceedings by the Industrial Relations Commission in Court Session is the maximum penalty provided in respect of the offence.(4) The provisions of section 197 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996, and of the regulations under that Act, relating to appeals from a Local Court to the Industrial Relations Commission in Court Session apply to proceedings before a Local Court for offences against this Act or the regulations.