Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 12C

12C .         Breaches of s. 12B, penalties for

        (1)         If a corporation contravenes section 12B(2) in circumstances of gross negligence, the corporation commits an offence and is liable to a level 4 penalty.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         a corporation —

                  (i)         contravenes section 12B(2); and

                  (ii)         by the contravention causes the death of, or serious harm to, a person;

                and

            (b)         subsection (1) does not apply,

                the corporation commits an offence and is liable to a level 3 penalty.

        (3)         If —

            (a)         a corporation contravenes section 12B(2); and

            (b)         neither subsection (1) nor subsection (2) applies,

                the corporation commits an offence and is liable to a level 2 penalty.

        (4)         A corporation charged with an offence under —

            (a)         subsection (1) may, instead of being convicted of that offence, be convicted of an offence under subsection (2) or (3); or

            (b)         subsection (2) may, instead of being convicted of that offence, be convicted of an offence under subsection (3).

        [Section 12C inserted by No. 68 of 2004 s. 9.]