129 Other public order, health, and safety offences

This subdivision includes other public order, health and safety offences.

This group is exclusively for offences created under legislation within a formally declared state of emergency, such as a major natural disaster or pandemic. Offences that are not created as part of a formal state of emergency are excluded, even where they relate to emergency contexts.

• Any offence under legislation created under a formally declared state of emergency, e.g. breach stay-in-place orders, trespass in no-access zones, fail to evacuate, fail to use protective clothing or equipment, or fail to provide required information

• Any offence that is not created under a formally-declared state of emergency – coded to other relevant offence groups

Occupational safety offences relate to the failure to protect the safety of employees. This may relate to workplace practices, equipment, facilities, instructions, or training that is dangerous or inadequate. 

• Breach occupational health and safety legislation
• Fail to provide a safe working environment
• Fail to provide adequate or specified safety clothing or equipment
• Fail to provide adequate training leading to increased risk of injury
• Other occupational safety offences

• Breach fatigue-management regulation for heavy vehicle drivers – coded to 1350 Transport regulation offences
• Industrial or corporate manslaughter – coded to 0131 Manslaughter
• Manufacturing or design faults in vehicles leading to injury – coded to 0499 Harm or endanger persons, nec

This group includes public order, health and safety offences not elsewhere classified.

• Breach assisted dying legislation not amounting to murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, or assault
• Commercial surrogacy offences
• Procure or commit illegal abortion
• Other public order, health and safety offences not elsewhere classified  

• Bomb threats – coded to 0442 Threatening behaviour
• Cruelty to animals – coded to 1630 Animal cruelty
• Hoax calls to emergency services – coded to 1529 Offences against government services, nec
• Incite violence towards an individual person, including inciting self-harm – coded to 0499 Harm or endanger persons, nec