Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.
Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the Federal Register of Legislation for authoritative text.
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
Start here
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011.
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.