Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Occupational Health and Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004    
SL2004-32
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Republication No 4
Effective:  26 May 2008 – 22 December 2008
Republication date: 26 May 2008
Last amendment made by SL2008-9

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Occupational Health and Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 26 May 2008.  It also includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 26 May 2008.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—
	(a)	if the person charged is an individual—$100; or
	(b)	if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Occupational Health and Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	2
	3	Purpose of regulation	2
	4	Notes	2
	5	Meaning of occupational health and safety legislation	2
	6	Administering authority	3
	7	Infringement notice offences	3
	8	Infringement notice penalties	3
	9	Contents of infringement notices—other information	3
	10	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person	4
	11	Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person	4
	12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences	4
Schedule 1	Occupational health and safety legislation infringement notice offences and penalties	5
Part 1.1	Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989	5
Part 1.2	Occupational Health and Safety (General) Regulation 2007	7
Part 1.3	Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000	8
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	9
	2	Abbreviation key	9
	3	Legislation history	10
	4	Amendment history	10
	5	Earlier republications	11

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Occupational Health and Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004     

made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    

  

  

 

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Occupational Health and Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004.
3	Purpose of regulation
The purpose of this regulation is to provide for infringement notices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences against the occupational health and 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.
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	Meaning of occupational health and safety legislation
In this regulation:
occupational health and safety legislation means—
	(a)	the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989; and
	(b)	the Occupational Health and Safety (General) Regulation 2007; and
	(c)	the Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000.
6	Administering authority
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the occupational health and safety legislation is the chief executive for the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989.
7	Infringement notice offences
The Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the occupational health and safety legislation mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
8	Infringement notice penalties
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the occupational health and 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 occupational health and 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 occupational health and 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 occupational health and 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 occupational health and safety legislation must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised person by the administering authority.
11	Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the occupational health and safety legislation must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised person by the administering authority.
12	Authorised people for infringement notice offences
An inspector under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989, section 201 may serve—
	(a)	an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the occupational health and safety legislation; and
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the occupational health and safety legislation.

Schedule 1	Occupational health and safety legislation infringement notice offences and penalties
(see s 7 and s 8)
Part 1.1	Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty unit)	column 4
infringement 
penalty ($)	
1	47 (1)	100	1 000	
2	53 (2)	10	100	
3	54 (7)	1	100	
4	56 (7)	1	100	
5	57 (6)	1	100	
6	58 (2)	1	100	
7	61 (1)	50	200	
8	61 (2)	50	200	
9	61 (3)	10	100	
10	67 (8)	1	100	
11	67 (9)	10	100	
12	68 (2)	10	100	
13	69	100	400	
14	75 (3)	10	200	
15	75 (4)	10	200	
16	75 (6)	5	100	
17	75 (7)	5	100	
18	87 (1)	10	100	
19	87 (4)	10	100	
20	103 (3)	10	200	
21	104 (4)	5	100	
22	143 (2)	20	400	
23	143 (3)	20	400	
24	144 (1)	20	400	
25	150 (2)	20	400	
26	150 (3)	20	400	
27	151 (1)	20	400	
28	153 (1)	100	400	
29	159 (2)	20	100	
30	159 (3)	20	400	
31	160 (1)	20	400	
32	165 (1)	200	400	
33	202 (3)	1	20	
34	205 (2)	10	100	
Part 1.2	Occupational Health and Safety (General) Regulation 2007

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty unit)	column 4
infringement
penalty ($)	
1	21 (1)	10	200	
2	27 (2)	10	200	
3	28 (2) and (3)	10	200	
4	31 (2) and (5)	10	200	
5	36 (1), (2) and (3)	10	200	
6	50 (3), (4) and (5)	10	200	
7	59 (2)	10	200	
8	60 (4) and (5)	10	200	
9	61 (3)	10	200	
10	65 (4)	10	200	
11	66 (2)	10	200	
12	70 (2)	10	200	
13	71 (3)	10	200	
14	73 (2)	10	200	
15	75 (2)	10	200	
16	79 (2)	10	200	
17	85 (1)	10	200	
18	86 (1)	10	200	
19	87 (2)	10	200	
20	89 (4)	10	200	

Part 1.3	Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty unit)	column 4
infringement
penalty ($)	
1	12 (3)	5	100	
2	17 (2)	5	100	
3	18 (1)	5	100	
4	21 (3)	5	100	
5	25 (1)	10	200	
6	27 (9)	5	100	
7	33	5	100	
8	34 (3)	5	100	

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history.  These details are underlined.  Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance	
amdt = amendment	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
def = definition	pres = present	
dict = dictionary	prev = previous	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	(prev...) = previously	
Assembly	pt = part	
div = division	r = rule/subrule	
exp = expires/expired	renum = renumbered	
Gaz = gazette	reloc = relocated	
hdg = heading	R[X] = Republication No	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	RI = reissue	
ins = inserted/added	s = section/subsection	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	sch = schedule	
LR = legislation register	sdiv = subdivision	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sub = substituted	
mod = modified/modification	SL = Subordinate Law	
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired	
3	Legislation history
This regulation was originally the Magistrates Court (Occupational Health and Safety Infringement Notices) Regulations 2004.  It was renamed under the Legislation Act 2001.
Magistrates Court (Occupational Health and Safety Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004 SL2004-32
notified LR 4 August 2004
s 1, s 2 commenced 4 August 2004 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 5 August 2004 (s 2 and see Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act 2004 A2004-29 s 2 (1))
as amended by
Occupational Health and Safety (Regulatory Services) Legislation Amendment Act 2007 A2007-37 sch 2 pt 2.2
notified LR 22 November 2007
s 1, s 2 commenced 22 November 2007 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 2 pt 2.2 commenced 23 November 2007 (s 2)
Magistrates Court (Occupational Health and Safety Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulation 2008 (No 1) SL2008-9
notified LR 31 March 2008
s 1, s 2 commenced 31 March 2008 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 26 May 2008 (s 2 and see Occupational Health and Safety (General) Regulation 2007 SL2007-36 s 2)
4	Amendment history
Name of regulation
s 1	am R2 LA
Commencement
s 2	om LA s 89 (4)
Purpose of regulation
s 3	am R3 LA (see also SL2008-9 s 4, s 5)
Meaning of occupational health and safety legislation
s 5	am SL2008-9 s 6
Administering authority
s 6	am A2007-37 amdt 2.4
Infringement notice offences
s 7	am R3 LA (see also SL2008-9 s 7)
Authorised people for infringement notice offences
s 12	am A2007-37 amdt 2.5
Magistrates Court (Dangerous Substances Infringement Notices) Regulation 2004, regulation 10 (a) and 11 (a)
s 13	om LA s 89 (3)
Occupational Health and Safety (General) Regulation 2007
sch 1 pt 1.2	sub SL2008-9 s 8

5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for	
R1
5 Aug 2004	5 Aug 2004–
1 Nov 2004	not amended	new regulation	
R2
2 Nov 2004	2 Nov 2004–
22 Nov 2007	not amended	includes editorial amendments under Legislation Act	
R3
23 Nov 2007	23 Nov 2007–
25 May 2008	A2007-37	amendments by A2007-37	

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