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Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
68Notification of accidents and dangerous occurrences
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#### 68 Notification of accidents and dangerous occurrences
(1) If an employer is conducting an undertaking, and there arises out of the conduct of the undertaking or out of work performed by an employee in connection with the undertaking:
(a) an accident that causes the death of, or serious personal injury to, any person; or
(b) an accident that causes an employee who performs work in connection with the undertaking to be incapacitated from performing work for a period prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; or
(c) a dangerous occurrence;
the employer must, in accordance with the regulations, give to the Commission such notice of the accident or dangerous occurrence as the regulations require.
(2) Without limiting the provision that may be made by regulations made for the purposes of this section, the regulations (not being regulations made for the purpose of paragraph (1)(b)) may include provisions relating to:
(a) the time within which notice of an accident or dangerous occurrence must be given; and
(b) the manner in which the notice must be given; and
(c) the form of the notice.