Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989

Increases in miscellaneous penalties.

58.—The following provisions shall have effect—

(a) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 74 (3) (as inserted by section 56 (a) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980) of the Factories Act, 1955, shall be £150 and, accordingly, that subsection shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £15 were a reference to £150;

(b) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 76 (2) (as inserted by section 56 (a) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980) of the Factories Act, 1955, shall be £150 and, accordingly, that subsection shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £15 were a reference to £150;

(c) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 76 (5) (as inserted by section 56 (a) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980) of the Factories Act, 1955, shall be £150 and, accordingly, that subsection shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £15 were a reference to £150;

(d) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 91 (5) (as inserted by section 56 (a) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980) of the Factories Act, 1955, shall be £150 and, accordingly, that subsection shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £15 were a reference to £150;

(e) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 104 (as inserted by section 56 (j) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980) of the Factories Act, 1955, shall be £100 and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £6 were a reference to £100;

(f) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 119 (1) (as inserted by section 56 (l) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980) of the Factories Act, 1955, shall be £300 or £25 per day and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the references therein to £30 and £3 were references to £300 and £25 respectively;

(g) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 120 (3) (as inserted by section 56 (m) of the Safety in Industry Act, 1980) of the Factories Act, 1955, shall be £300 and, accordingly, that subsection shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £30 were a reference to £300;

(h) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 139 of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 , shall be £100 and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £20 were a reference to £100;

(i) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 142 of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965 , shall be £300 and, accordingly, that section shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £5 were a reference to £300;

(j) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 52 (1) of the Dangerous Substances Act, 1972, shall be £1,000 or a prison term not exceeding 12 months and, accordingly, that subsection shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £100 were a reference to £1,000 and the reference to six months were a reference to 12 months; and

(k) the maximum penalty for an offence under section 52 (2) of the Dangerous Substances Act, 1972, shall be £200 and, accordingly, that subsection shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to £20 were a reference to £200.