WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 176 Inspector's power to seize dangerous workplaces and things

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 176

    (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.