Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Work Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2009
Subordinate Law SL2009-47

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Magistrates Court Act 1930.
Dated 30 September 2009.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Katy Gallagher
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Work Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2009
Subordinate Law SL2009-47
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    
    
Contents
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	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Dictionary	1
	4	Notes	1
	5	Purpose of regulation	2
	6	Administering authority	2
	7	Infringement notice offences	2
	8	Infringement notice penalties	2
	9	Contents of infringement notices—other information	3
	10	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person	3
	11	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person	3
	12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences	4
Schedule 1	Work safety legislation infringement notice offences and penalties	5
Part 1.1	Work Safety Act 2008	5
Part 1.2	Work Safety Regulation 2009	6
Dictionary		9

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Work Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2009.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on the commencement of the Work Safety Act 2008.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1	The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in this regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other terms defined elsewhere.
	For example, the signpost definition ‘inspector—see the Work Safety Act 2008, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘inspector’ is defined in that dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.
Note 2	A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
4	Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
Note	See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5	Purpose of regulation
The purpose of this regulation is to create a system of infringement notices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences against the work safety legislation.
Note	The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of infringement notices for offences against various Acts. The infringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.
6	Administering authority
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the work safety legislation is the chief executive for the Work Safety Act 2008.
7	Infringement notice offences
The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the work safety legislation mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
8	Infringement notice penalties
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the work safety legislation, under an infringement notice for the offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.
	(2)	The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the work safety legislation, under an infringement notice for the offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.
	(3)	The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the work safety legislation is $34.
9	Contents of infringement notices—other information
	(1)	An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the work safety legislation must include the company’s ACN.
Note	The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).
	(2)	In this section:
company means a company registered under the Corporations Act.
10	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person
An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the work safety legislation must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
11	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the work safety legislation must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences
An inspector may serve—
	(a)	an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the work safety legislation; and
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the work safety legislation.

Schedule 1	Work safety legislation infringement notice offences and penalties
(see s 7 and s 8)
Part 1.1	Work Safety Act 2008

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty units)	column 4
infringement penalty
($)	
1	39 (1) 	10	200	
2	70 (1)	10	200	
3	70 (2)	5	100	
4	70 (3)	5	100	
5	88 (4)	10	200	
6	89 (5)	10	200	
7	128 (2)	20	400	
8	128 (3)	20	400	
9	135 (2)	20	400	
10	135 (3)	20	400	
11	144 (2)	20	400	
12	144 (3)	20	400	
13	181 (2)	10	200	

Part 1.2	Work Safety Regulation 2009

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty units)	column 4
infringement penalty
($)	
1	8 (2)	10	200	
2	12 (1)	10	200	
3	13 (2)	10	200	
4	14 (2)	10	200	
5	17 (2)	20	400	
6	17 (3)	20	400	
7	18 (2)	20	400	
8	20 (1)	20	400	
9	42 (3)	20	400	
10	68 (3)	30	600	
11	68 (4)	30	600	
12	69 (2)	20	400	
13	69 (3)	20	400	
14	72 (2)	30	600	
15	72 (4)	30	600	
16	72 (5)	30	600	
17	78 (1)	30	600	
18	78 (2)	30	600	
19	78 (3)	30	600	
20	92 (4)	30	600	
21	92 (5)	30	600	
22	92 (6)	30	600	
23	92 (7)	30	600	
24	101 (2)	30	600	
25	101 (3)	30	600	
26	102 (1)	20	400	
27	102 (2)	20	400	
28	102 (3)	20	400	
29	102 (4)	20	400	
30	102 (5)	20	400	
31	102 (6)	20	400	
32	102 (7)	20	400	
33	103 (2)	30	600	
34	103 (3)	30	600	
35	107 (4)	20	400	
36	108 (2)	20	400	
37	112 (2)	20	400	
38	113 (3)	20	400	
39	115 (2)	20	400	
40	117 (2)	30	600	
41	117 (4)	30	600	
42	120 (1)	20	400	
43	121 (1)	30	600	
44	125 (1)	10	200	
45	132 (3)	5	100	
46	133 (6)	5	100	
47	141 (1)	5	100	
48	143 (3)	5	100	
49	143 (4)	10	200	
50	144 (1)	5	100	
51	163 (1)	5	100	
52	163 (2)	5	100	
53	163 (3)	5	100	
54	164 (2)	5	100	
55	165 (1)	5	100	
56	167 (1)	20	400	
57	168 (1)	20	400	
58	169 (1)	20	400	
59	179 (1)	5	100	
60	183 (1)	5	100	
61	184 (1)	5	100	
62	184 (2)	5	100	

Dictionary
(see s 3)
Note 1	The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.
Note 2	For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
·	corporation
·	Corporations Act
·	individual
Note 3	Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (see Legislation Act, s 148).  For example, the following terms are defined in the Magistrates Court Act 1930, dict:
·	administering authority
·	authorised person
·	infringement notice
·	infringement notice offence
·	reminder notice.
inspector––see the Work Safety Act 2008, dictionary.
work safety legislation means—
	(a)	the Work Safety Act 2008; and
	(b)	the Work Safety Regulation 2009.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 30 September 2009.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2009