Western Australian Consolidated Acts

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 4B

4B .         First offence and subsequent offence defined

        (1)         In this section —

        relevant day means the day on which section 15 of the Mines Safety and Inspection Amendment Act 2004 comes into operation  ¹ .

        (2)         For the purposes of this Act —

            (a)         an offence is a first offence committed by a person if, at the time when the offence is committed, the person has not previously been convicted of any offence against this Act committed on or after the relevant day; and

            (b)         an offence is a subsequent offence committed by a person if, at the time when the offence is committed, the person has previously been convicted of one or more offences against this Act committed on or after the relevant day.

        [Section 4B inserted by No. 68 of 2004 s. 15.]