Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982

If an OHS inspector has conducted an inspection, the OHS inspector must, as soon as practicable, prepare a written report relating to the inspection and give the report to the Safety Authority.

The report must include—

the OHS inspector’s conclusions from conducting the inspection and the reasons for those conclusions; and

any recommendations that the OHS inspector wishes to make arising from the inspection; and

any other prescribed matters.

As soon as practicable after receiving the report, the Safety Authority must give a copy of the report, with any written comments that it wishes to make, to each of the following persons—

the operator of the facility to which the report relates;

if the report relates to activities performed by an employee of another person—the other person;

if the report relates to any plant, substance or thing owned by another person—the other person.

The Safety Authority may, in writing, request the operator or another person to whom the report is given to provide to the Safety Authority, within a reasonable period stated in the request, details of—

any action proposed to be taken as a result of the conclusions or recommendations contained in the report; and

if a notice has been issued under section 66 or 68 in relation to work being performed for the operator or the other person—any action taken, or proposed to be taken, in relation to the notice.

The operator or other person must comply with the request.Maximum penalty—110 penalty units.

As soon as practicable after receiving a report, the operator of a facility must give a copy of the report, together with any written comment made by the Safety Authority on the report—

if there is a least 1 health and safety committee in relation to some or all of the members of the workforce—to each health and safety committee; and

if there is no health and safety committee in relation to some or all of the members of the workforce, but some or all of those members, in relation to which there is no such committee, are in at least 1 designated work group for which there is a health and safety representative—to each health and safety representative.