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
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