Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 1995 - SECT 23

      (1) If the Director is satisfied that the work carried on or proposed to be carried on at a workplace or a class of workplace is, or is likely to be, hazardous for employees at that workplace or class of workplace or other persons involved in the work, the Director may declare that workplace or class of workplace to be a designated workplace or designated class of workplace.

      (2) The Director may revoke a declaration made under subsection (1).

      (3) The Director must cause a declaration or the revocation of a declaration under this section to be published in the Gazette and in 3 daily newspapers published and circulating in the State.

      (4) Before work begins at a designated workplace, the employer at that workplace must notify the Director, in a form approved by the Director, of the employer's name and address and location of the workplace.

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 25 penalty units.

      (5) A declaration or revocation of a declaration under this section is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953.