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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004 - SECT 16

Authority may accept undertakings

    (1)     The Authority may accept (by written notice) a written undertaking given by a person in connection with a matter relating to a contravention or alleged contravention by the person of this Act or the regulations.

    (2)     The person may withdraw or vary the undertaking at any time but only with the Authority's written consent.

S. 16(3) substituted by No. 48/2017 s. 10.

    (3)     A person who gives an undertaking under this section must not contravene the undertaking.

Penalty:     500 penalty units for a natural person;

    2500 penalty units for a body corporate.

S. 16(4) inserted by No. 48/2017 s. 10.

    (4)     Neither the Authority nor an inspector may bring a proceeding for an offence against this Act or the regulations constituted by the contravention or alleged contravention to which an undertaking relates—

        (a)     while the undertaking is in effect; or

        (b)     if the undertaking has been fully complied with and discharged.



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