New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2000 - SECT 88

88 Minister may require and publish special reports into incidents

(1) The Minister may direct WorkCover, or any department of the Government responsible to the Minister, to prepare a special report for the Minister with respect to:

(a) any incident that occurred at a place of work and that caused the death of or bodily injury to any person, or

(b) any incident at a place of work that constituted a danger to any person.

(2) The Minister may, if the Minister thinks fit, cause such a report or any part of such a report to be made public, whether by causing the report or part of the report to be published or otherwise. The Minister may table a copy of the report in Parliament.

(3) No liability is incurred by the State and no personal liability is incurred by, or by any person acting at the direction of, the Minister, WorkCover or a department of the Government in respect of anything done in good faith in connection with the preparation or making public of a report under this section.

(4) No liability is incurred by a person for publishing in good faith:

(a) a report made public under this section, or

(b) a fair report or summary of such a report.

(5) This section applies to a mine.

(6) In this section:
"liability" includes liability in defamation.
"the State" includes the Crown in right of the State and the Government of the State.