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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 228 Stays of reviewable decisions on internal review

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 228

Stays of reviewable decisions on internal review

    (1)     An application for an internal review of a reviewable decision (other than a decision to issue a prohibition notice or a non-disturbance notice) stays the operation of the decision.

    (2)     If an application is made for an internal review of a decision to issue a prohibition notice or a non-disturbance notice, the reviewer may stay the operation of the decision.

    (3)     The reviewer may make the decision to stay the operation of a decision on the reviewer's own initiative or on the application of the applicant for review.

    (4)     The reviewer must make a decision on an application for a stay within 1 working day after the reviewer receives the application.

    (5)     If the reviewer has not made a decision to stay a decision within the time set out in subsection (4), the reviewer is taken to have made a decision to grant a stay.

    (6)     A stay of the operation of a decision pending a decision on an internal review continues until whichever of the following is earlier:

        (a)     the end of the prescribed period for applying for an external review of the decision made on the internal review;

        (b)     an application for external review is made.