Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
59BIssue of improvement notices
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59B Issue of improvement notices
59B Issue of improvement notices
(1) This section applies if an inspector reasonably believes that an employer—
(a) is contravening a provision of this Chapter, or
(b) has contravened a provision of this Chapter in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated.
(2) The inspector may issue an improvement notice requiring the employer to—
(a) remedy the contravention, or
(b) prevent a likely contravention from occurring, or
(c) remedy the things or operations causing the contravention or likely contravention.
ch 3, pt 3 (ss 59A–59E): Ins 2012 No 53, Sch 1.2 [7].