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102: Content of improvement notices
or “What improvement notices say and how they help you fix safety issues”
You could also call this:

“You must follow an improvement notice by the given deadline”

If someone gives you an improvement notice, you need to follow what it says within the time it tells you. If you don’t do what the notice says, you’re breaking the law.

If you break this law, you could be found guilty in court. If you’re a regular person, you might have to pay up to $50,000. If you’re a company or organisation, you might have to pay up to $250,000.

Sometimes, the notice might give you some suggestions or recommendations. You don’t have to follow these suggestions. You won’t be breaking the law if you don’t do them.

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Next up: 104: Extension of time for compliance with improvement notices

or “Getting more time to follow an improvement notice”
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Part 4 Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement measures: Improvement notices

103Compliance with improvement notice

  1. A person who has been issued with an improvement notice must comply with the notice within the period specified in the notice.

  2. A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction,—

  3. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $50,000:
    1. for any other person, to a fine not exceeding $250,000.

      1. It is not an offence to fail to comply with recommendations in an improvement notice.

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