49Improvement notices

49 Improvement notices

49 Improvement notices

(1) This section sets out additional circumstances in which an improvement notice may be given by a government official who is exercising the functions of an inspector under section 191 of the WHS Act.

(2) The government official may give an improvement notice under section 191 of the WHS Act if the government official reasonably believes that a person is likely to contravene a provision of the WHS laws.

(3) Any such improvement notice is not required to state the matters set out in section 192 (1) of the WHS Act but must instead state the following—

(a) that the person giving the notice believes that the person to whom the notice has been given is likely to contravene a provision of the WHS laws,

(b) the provision that is likely to be contravened,

(c) briefly, how the provision is likely to be contravened,

(d) the day by which the person is required to comply with the notice.