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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Worker engagement, participation, and representation - Right to cease or direct cessation of unsafe work

82: Meaning of cease work

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“What 'cease work' means in this law”

In this part of the law, ‘cease work’ means two things. You can stop or refuse to do work as allowed by section 83. Or, you can stop working when you’re told to do so under section 84. This definition applies to this part of the law unless the context suggests it should mean something else.

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Part 3 Worker engagement, participation, and representation
Right to cease or direct cessation of unsafe work

82Meaning of cease work

  1. In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires, cease work means—

  2. to cease or refuse to carry out work under section 83; or
    1. to cease work on a direction under section 84.

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