If you break a rule in the Health Act 1956, or a rule made under this Act, and there is no specific penalty for that rule, you can be fined. The fine can be up to $500. If you keep breaking the rule, you can be fined an extra $50 for each day you continue breaking it.

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135: Interference by owner or occupier, or

"Don't stop owners or renters from following health rules"

137: Offences punishable on summary conviction, or

"Breaking Health Act rules: what happens if you're punished"

Part 7Miscellaneous provisions

136General penalty for offences

Every person who commits an offence against this Act, or against any regulations made under this Act, for which no penalty is provided elsewhere than in this section is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding $50 for every day on which the offence has continued.

Notes

Section 136: amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
Section 136: amended, on 30 November 1979, by section 9 of the Health Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 64).