Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013
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50 Prohibition notices
50 Prohibition notices
(1) This section sets out additional circumstances in which a direction or a prohibition notice may be given by a government official who is exercising the functions of an inspector under section 195 of the WHS Act.
(2) A government official may give a direction under section 195 of the WHS Act if the government official believes that—
(a) an activity is occurring at a workplace that involves a serious risk to the health or safety of a person, or
(b) an activity may occur at a workplace that, if it occurs, could involve a serious risk to the health or safety of a person, or
(c) an activity at a workplace has caused, or is causing, a contravention of a provision of the WHS laws, being a provision that is prescribed by the regulations.
(3) Section 196 (1) (c) of the WHS Act does not apply to a prohibition notice issued in relation to a direction referred to in subsection (2) (a) or (b).
(4) Section 196 (1) (b) of the WHS Act does not apply to a prohibition notice issued in relation to a direction referred to in subsection (2) (c).