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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.138ANotification of entry
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### sec.138A Notification of entry
An inspector may enter a place under section 138 without prior notice to any person.
An inspector must, as soon as practicable after entry to a workplace or suspected workplace, take all reasonable steps to notify the following persons of the entry and the purpose of the entry—
the relevant person conducting a business or undertaking at the workplace;
the person with management or control of the workplace.
However, an inspector is not required to notify any person if to do so would defeat the purpose for which the place was entered or cause unreasonable delay.
In this section relevant person conducting a business or undertaking means the person conducting any business or undertaking in relation to which the inspector is exercising the powers of entry.
s 138A ins 2011 No. 18 s 379
(sec.138A-ssec.1) An inspector may enter a place under section 138 without prior notice to any person.
(sec.138A-ssec.2) An inspector must, as soon as practicable after entry to a workplace or suspected workplace, take all reasonable steps to notify the following persons of the entry and the purpose of the entry— the relevant person conducting a business or undertaking at the workplace; the person with management or control of the workplace.
(sec.138A-ssec.3) However, an inspector is not required to notify any person if to do so would defeat the purpose for which the place was entered or cause unreasonable delay.
(sec.138A-ssec.4) In this section relevant person conducting a business or undertaking means the person conducting any business or undertaking in relation to which the inspector is exercising the powers of entry.
- (a) the relevant person conducting a business or undertaking at the workplace;
- (b) the person with management or control of the workplace.