Western Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2020 - SECT 176

176 .         Inspector’s power to seize dangerous workplaces and things

        (1)         This section applies if an inspector who enters a workplace under Division 3 reasonably believes that —

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

            (b)         plant at the workplace or any part of plant at the workplace; or

            (c)         a substance at the workplace; or

            (d)         a structure at the 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 or part, the substance or the structure.