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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Health and safety at work - Interpretation - Key terms

25: Meaning of notifiable event

You could also call this:

“What counts as a serious work-related event that must be reported”

In this law, a ‘notifiable event’ is something that happens because of work. There are three types of notifiable events you need to know about:

  1. When someone dies.
  2. When someone gets hurt or sick in a way that needs to be reported. This is called a notifiable injury or illness.
  3. When something dangerous happens that needs to be reported. This is called a notifiable incident.

These events are important to report because they help keep people safe at work.

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Part 1 Health and safety at work
Interpretation: Key terms

25Meaning of notifiable event

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a notifiable event means any of the following events that arise from work:

  2. the death of a person; or
    1. a notifiable injury or illness; or
      1. a notifiable incident.

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