93Interference with accident sites

93 Interference with accident sites

(1) A person must not, whether directly or indirectly, interfere with a site on a facility where there is—

(a) an accident that causes the death of, or serious personal injury to, any person; or

(b) an accident that causes a member of the workforce to be incapacitated from performing work for a period of at least 3 days; or

(c) a dangerous occurrence—

before the completion of the inspection of the site by a NOPSEMA inspector.

(a) the person was acting with the written or oral authority of a NOPSEMA inspector; or

(b) the person was acting, in a reasonable manner, for any of the following purposes—

(i) helping or rescuing a sick, injured or endangered person;

(ii) maintaining the safety of the facility or of persons at the facility;

(iii) reducing danger to the facility or to persons at the facility;

(iv) retrieving, or attempting to retrieve, the body of a dead person; or

(c) the operator has given NOPSEMA notice of, and a report about, the accident or dangerous occurrence under clause 96 of Schedule 3 to the Act, and a NOPSEMA inspector has not entered the facility where the accident or dangerous occurrence occurred in response to the notice within 3 working days of the operator giving notice to NOPSEMA.