Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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WORK HEALTH ACT - SECT 28

Definitions

28. Definitions

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears -

"improvement notice" means an improvement notice under section 40;

"occupier", in relation to a workplace, means a person who has the management or control of the workplace;

"officer" means a work health officer appointed under section 35 and includes the Chief Executive Officer, and also includes a person authorized under section 14(3) while he or she is performing his or her functions as an auditor;

"owner", in relation to a building, structure or plant, means a person who has right or title to, and management of, or control over, the building, structure or plant, and includes a person who is exercising such management or control as an agent of the owner;

"practicable", in relation to a hazard or risk, means practicable having regard to -

(a) its severity;

(b) the state of knowledge about the hazard or risk and the ways of removing or mitigating it;

(c) the availability and suitability of ways to remove or mitigate it; and

(d) the cost of removing or mitigating it;

"prohibition notice" means a prohibition notice under section 41.



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