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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Enforcement and other matters - Inspectors and health and safety medical practitioners - Inspectors

178: Offence for failing to provide inspector with correct name and residential address

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“Penalty for not giving an inspector your real name and address”

You must give an inspector your correct name and address if they ask for it. If you don’t do this without a good reason, you are breaking the law. This rule is in section 175(1) or (3) of the law. If you break this rule, you have committed an offence. If you are found guilty of this offence, you might have to pay a fine. The most you could be fined is $10,000.

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178Offence for failing to provide inspector with correct name and residential address

  1. A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under section 175(1) or (3).

  2. A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

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