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116: Issue of notice
or “How notices can be given and received”
You could also call this:

“Showing a health and safety notice at work”

If you get a notice about health and safety at work (except for a suspension notice), you need to show it to everyone. You should put a copy of the notice in a place where people can easily see it. This should be near the part of the workplace that the notice is about.

You must not take down, destroy, damage, or write on the notice while it’s still active. This is against the law.

If you don’t follow these rules, you’re breaking the law. If you’re caught, you might have to pay a fine. If you’re an individual, the fine could be up to $5,000. If you’re a company or organisation, the fine could be up to $25,000.

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Part 4 Enforcement and other matters
Enforcement measures: General provisions

117Display of notice at workplace by person issued with notice

  1. A person to whom a notice (other than a suspension notice) is issued must, as soon as practicable, display a copy of the notice in a prominent place at or near the workplace, or part of the workplace, at which work is being carried out that is affected by the notice.

  2. A person must not intentionally remove, destroy, damage, or deface a notice displayed under subsection (1) while the notice is in force.

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

  4. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $5,000:
    1. for any other person, to a fine not exceeding $25,000.

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