A complaint for a WHS offence under ss 19(1) and 32 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) is valid if it identifies the hazard, the risks, the employer's failures, and the measures that should have been taken to obviate the risks. It is not necessary for the complaint to set out argument as to how the matters in the definition of 'reasonably practicable' in s 18 are to be weighed up. The complaint may be further particularised under s 48 of the Justices Act 1886 (Qld), but in its present form identifying specific failures and control measures, it is sufficient to invoke jurisdiction.
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