Work Health and Safety Act 2011
176Inspector’s power to seize dangerous workplaces and
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176 Inspector’s power to seize dangerous workplaces and things (1) This section applies if an inspector who enters a workplace under this part reasonably believes that— (a) the workplace or part of the workplace; or (b) plant at the workplace; or (c) a substance at the workplace or part of the workplace; or (d) a structure at a workplace, is defective or hazardous to a degree likely to cause serious injury or illness or a dangerous incident to occur. (2) The inspector may seize the workplace or part, the plant, the substance or the structure.