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117: Display of notice at workplace by person issued with notice
or “Showing a health and safety notice at work”
You could also call this:

“Inspectors can post notices at workplaces and it's illegal to remove or damage them”

An inspector can put up a notice at a workplace or near it if they give out a notice under section 116. They can do this before or after they give out the notice. The notice will be put in a place where people can easily see it.

You must not take down, break, damage, or write on the notice that the inspector put up while it’s still active. If you do any of these things on purpose, you’re breaking the law.

If you break this law, you can be punished. If you’re a person on your own, you might have to pay up to $5,000. If you’re a company or group, you might have to pay up to $25,000.

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Enforcement measures: General provisions

118Inspector may display notice

  1. An inspector who issues a notice under section 116 may, either before or after issuing the notice, 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 (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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