New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (CHILD EMPLOYMENT) ACT 2006 - SECT 8

8 Issue of compliance notices

(1) If an inspector is of the opinion that an affected employer of a child:

(a) is contravening section 4, or

(b) has contravened section 4 in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated,

the inspector may issue to the employer a notice (in the form, if any, prescribed by the regulations) requiring the employer to remedy the contravention or the matters occasioning it within the period specified in the notice.

(2) The period within which an affected employer of a child is required by a compliance notice to remedy a contravention or the matters occasioning the contravention must be at least a period of 14 days after the issue of the notice.

(3) However, an inspector may specify a period that is less than 14 days after the issue of the compliance notice if satisfied that it is reasonably practicable for the employer to comply with the requirements imposed by the notice by the end of that period.

(4) A compliance notice must:

(a) state that the inspector is of the opinion referred to in subsection (1), and

(b) state the reasons for that opinion, and

(c) include information about appeal rights under this Division against the notice.