AfMA Fleetdrive Issue 13 | Page 7

FLEETDRIVE What is reasonably practicable? WHAT PENALTIES APPLY FOR BREACHES? 1. The likelihood of the risk occurring Category 3 As its name suggests, reasonably practicable ensures doing everything logically possible to ensure health and safety while weighing up all relevant matters such as: 2. The degree of harm 3. Identifying what the person knows about the risk There are three main categories that need to be considered, and they each take into consideration an increasing level of negligence or recklessness to health and safety. • Breaches safety duty – does not have a safety plan in place • $50,000 individual / $500,000 corporation 4. Considering ways to remove or reduce the risk and whether they are feasible Category 2 5. The cost of mo difying is proportional to the risk • $100,000 individual - $1M corporation • Risk of death / injury Category 1 – Recklessness • 5 years imprisonment • $300,000 individual - $3M corporation ISSUE 13 2018 / WWW.AFMA.NET.AU 7