Work Health and Safety Act 2020

An inspector who enters a workplace under section 163 may do all or any of the following —

inspect, examine and make inquiries at the workplace;

inspect and examine anything (including a document) at the workplace;

bring to the workplace and use any equipment or materials that may be required;

take measurements, conduct tests and make sketches or recordings (including photographs, films, audio, video, digital or other recordings);

take and remove for analysis, testing or examination a sample of any substance or thing without paying for it;

require a person at the workplace to give the inspector reasonable help to exercise the inspector’s powers under paragraphs (a) to (e);

exercise any compliance power or other power that is reasonably necessary to be exercised by the inspector for the purposes of this Act.

A person required to give reasonable help under subsection (1)(f) must not refuse or fail to comply with the requirement.

for an individual, a fine of $12 500;

for a body corporate, a fine of $55 000.