Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00007:clause:1_245ab
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007A00007
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 245AB
Character Range: 4285–4986

245AB  Allowing an unlawful non‑citizen to work

 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person allows, or continues to allow, a person (the worker) to work; and
 (b) the worker is an unlawful non‑citizen; and
 (c) the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the worker is an unlawful non‑citizen.

 (2) An offence against subsection (1) is an aggravated offence if the worker is being exploited and the person knows of, or is reckless as to, that circumstance.

 (3) An offence against this section is punishable on conviction by whichever of the following applies:
 (a) in the case of an aggravated offence—imprisonment for 5 years;
 (b) in any other case—imprisonment for 2 years.