Work Health and Safety (Public Notification of Indexed Penalty Amounts) Notifiable Instrument 2024 (Cth)

Work Health and Safety (Public Notification of Indexed Penalty Amounts) Notifiable Instrument 2024

I, Michael James Duke, acting Chief Executive Officer of Comcare, make the following notifiable instrument.

Dated 26 June 2024

Signed

Michael Duke Acting Chief Executive Officer Comcare

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Monetary Penalty Amounts..................................1 Schedule 1-Notice of Monetary Penalty Amounts 2

Table 1 - Monetary Penalty Amounts – Categories 1 to 3...................2 Table 2 - Monetary Penalty Amounts – Tiers A to I.......................3 Table 3 - Monetary Penalty Amounts – WHS Civil Penalty Provisions Tiers 1 to 4....4

1 Name This instrument is the Work Health and Safety (Public Notification of Indexed Penalty Amounts) Notifiable Instrument 2024.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on 1 July 2024.

3 Authority This instrument is made under clause 6 of Schedule 4 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) (the Act).

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the Act: (a) category 1 monetary penalty (b) category 2 monetary penalty (c) category 3 monetary penalty (d) regulator (e) tier A monetary penalty (f) tier B monetary penalty (g) tier C monetary penalty (h) tier D monetary penalty (i) tier E monetary penalty (j) tier F monetary penalty (k) tier G monetary penalty (l) tier H monetary penalty (m) tier I monetary penalty (n) WHS civil penalty provision tier 1 (o) WHS civil penalty provision tier 2 (p) WHS civil penalty provision tier 3 (q) WHS civil penalty provision tier 4 The following expression used in this instrument is defined in clause 7 of Schedule 4 of the Act: (q) CPI number