Western Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2020 - SECT 244G

244G .         Issue of notices to Crown

        (1)         In this section —

        notice means a provisional improvement notice, an improvement notice, a prohibition notice or a non-disturbance notice.

        (2)         A notice that relates to a contravention of this Act, or other activity, of a body corporate that is an agent of the Crown must be issued to that body corporate.

        (3)         If a notice relates to a contravention of this Act, or other activity, of the Crown in any other case, the notice —

            (a)         must be issued to the Crown under the title “State of Western Australia”; and

            (b)         must show the name of the responsible agency under Subdivision 1 that would be specified in a charge for an offence for the contravention or other activity.

        (4)         It is sufficient for the purposes of subsection (2) or (3) if the notice —

            (a)         is delivered to a person at the workplace concerned who has, or reasonably appears to have, responsibility for the management or control of the workplace; or

            (b)         is sent by pre-paid letter addressed and posted to the body corporate or responsible agency concerned at its principal place of business in the State.

        (5)         If a notice is delivered to a person as referred to in subsection (4)(a), the person must, as soon as practicable, give a copy of the notice to the executive who is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the body corporate or responsible agency concerned.