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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Enforcement and other matters - Enforcement measures - Non-disturbance notices

108: Power to issue non-disturbance notice

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“Inspectors can order workplace managers not to disturb areas for investigation”

An inspector can give you a special notice called a non-disturbance notice if you’re in charge of a workplace. This happens when the inspector thinks it’s necessary to help them do their job of checking if rules are being followed. You might get this notice if you’re a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) and you manage or control a workplace. The notice tells you not to disturb certain things so the inspector can do their work properly.

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Enforcement measures: Non-disturbance notices

108Power to issue non-disturbance notice

  1. An inspector may issue a non-disturbance notice to a PCBU who manages or controls a workplace if the inspector reasonably believes that it is necessary to do so to facilitate the exercise of his or her compliance powers.

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