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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 (NO. 137, 2011) - SECT 176

Inspector's power to seize dangerous workplaces and things

             (1)  This section applies if an inspector who enters a workplace under this Part reasonably believes that:

                     (a)  the workplace or part of the workplace; or

                     (b)  plant at the workplace; or

                     (c)  a substance at the workplace or part of the workplace; or

                     (d)  a structure at a workplace;

is defective or hazardous to a degree likely to cause serious injury or illness or a dangerous incident to occur.

             (2)  The inspector may seize the workplace or part, the plant, the substance or the structure.



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