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Public Works Act 1981

General provisions

242: Offences and penalties

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“Breaking rules in this Act can get you in trouble and fined”

If you break any rule in this Act, or don’t follow the rules in any way, you are committing an offence. This includes not following any regulations or bylaws that are currently in force under this Act.

If you commit an offence against this Act, and there isn’t a specific punishment mentioned elsewhere in the Act, you can be fined up to $500. If you keep breaking the rule over time, you can be fined up to $20 more for each day or part of a day that you continue to break the rule.

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Part 21 General provisions

242Offences and penalties

  1. Every person commits an offence against this Act who acts in contravention of or fails to comply in any respect with any provision of this Act or of any regulations or bylaws for the time being in force under this Act.

  2. Every person who commits an offence against this Act for which no penalty is provided elsewhere than in this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding $20 for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.

Notes
  • Section 242(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).