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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
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164 Notification of entry
(1) An inspector may enter a place under section 163 without prior notice
to any person.
(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:
(a) the relevant person conducting a business or undertaking at the
workplace;
(b) the person with management or control of the workplace;
(c) any health and safety representative for workers carrying out
work for that business or undertaking at the workplace.
(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.
relevant person conducting a business or undertaking means the
person conducting a business or undertaking in relation to which the
inspector is exercising the powers of entry.