Faulty or defective machinery
17 Faulty or defective machinery
If machinery is, in the opinion of an inspector, so faulty or defective, or so insufficiently guarded, or so dangerous in any other way, as to be likely to cause loss of life or injury to any person, or if the ventilation of a room where a steam engine or internal-combustion engine is erected and used is, in the opinion of an inspector, defective, the inspector may serve written notice to that effect on the occupier of premises where the machinery or engine is erected, kept or used.
For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.
The notice may require the occupier to make, within a time stated in the notice, the repairs or alterations to the machinery or its arrangement, or to the ventilation of the room stated in the notice.
A person must not refuse or fail to comply with a notice given to the person under this section.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
A person must not use, or cause to be used, any machinery or engine the subject of the notice from a date stated in the notice until the repairs or alterations have been effected to the satisfaction of an inspector.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
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