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Inspector’s power to seize dangerous workplaces and things

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Part 9Securing compliance
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Subdivision 4Specific powers on entry

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.

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Section 176 — Inspector’s power to seize dangerous workplaces and things — Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Commonwealth) — Barrister AI