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123: Regulator may accept enforceable undertakings
or “WorkSafe can accept written commitments to fix health and safety issues”

You could also call this:

“Regulator must notify you and publish their decision on your enforceable undertaking”

When you try to make an enforceable undertaking, the regulator must tell you in writing if they accept or reject it. They have to explain why they made that decision. This means you’ll get a letter or email that says whether your undertaking was accepted or not, and the reasons behind that choice.

If the regulator decides to accept your enforceable undertaking, they must also share this information with everyone. They do this by putting a notice on their website. This notice will say that they accepted your undertaking and explain why they did so. This way, anyone can see what decisions the regulator is making and why.

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Next up: 125: When enforceable undertaking is enforceable

or “When an enforceable undertaking becomes active and can be enforced”

Part 4 Enforcement and other matters
Enforceable undertakings

124Notice of decision and reasons for decision

  1. The regulator must give the person seeking to make an enforceable undertaking written notice of—

  2. its decision to accept or reject the undertaking; and
    1. the reasons for the decision.
      1. The regulator must publish, on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the regulator, notice of a decision to accept an enforceable undertaking and the reasons for that decision.

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