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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
176Inspector's power to seize dangerous workplaces and things
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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.