Queensland Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 No. 18 - SECT 140

(1) If the commission is satisfied on the balance of probabilities about any of the matters in section 138(2), it may make 1 or more of the following orders—

(a) an order imposing conditions on the WHS entry permit;

(b) an order suspending the WHS entry permit;

(c) an order revoking the WHS entry permit;

(d) an order about the future issue of a WHS entry permit to the person whose WHS entry permit is revoked;

(e) an order imposing any alternative action the commission considers appropriate.

(2) In deciding what action to take under subsection (1), in relation to a person, the commission must take into account—

(a) the seriousness of any findings of the commission having regard to the object of this Act; and

(b) any other matters the commission considers relevant.

(3) A person dissatisfied with the decision of the commission may appeal under the Industrial Relations Act 1999, chapter 9.

Note—

See the Industrial Relations Act 1999, sections 341(1) and 342(1).