Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Act, 1989
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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. |