South Australian Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE ACT 1986 - SECT 41

41—Notices to be displayed

        (1)         Where an improvement notice or prohibition notice is issued, to an employee, the employee must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving it, give the notice, or a copy of the notice, to his or her employer.

Maximum penalty: Division 6 fine.

        (2)         Where an improvement notice or a prohibition notice is issued, the person to whom the notice is addressed must, on receipt of the notice (or a copy of the notice)—

            (a)         supply a copy of the notice to any health and safety representative who represents any employees whose work is affected by the notice; and

            (b)         bring the notice to the attention of any person whose work is affected by the notice; and

            (c)         display the notice or a copy of the notice in a prominent place at or near any workplace or plant that is affected by the notice.

Maximum penalty: Division 6 fine.

        (3)         A person must not remove a notice or the copy of a notice displayed pursuant to subsection (2) while the notice is in force.

Maximum penalty: Division 6 fine.