Northern Territory Numbered Acts

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2007 (NO 31 OF 2007) - SECT 76

    (1)     If a workplace safety officer believes on reasonable grounds that workers are exposed to serious and immediate risk to their health or safety, the officer may issue a notice (a prohibition notice ) to the employer requiring the employer to stop a particular activity exposing workers to the risk, or to stop workers from working in a particular situation or activity in which they are exposed to the risk.

    (2)     A prohibition notice operates until a workplace safety officer is satisfied that the risk has been eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level and withdraws the notice.

    (3)     A prohibition notice must:

    (a)     state the grounds for believing that workers are exposed to a serious and immediate risk of health or safety; and

    (b)     identify the situation or activity to which the notice relates; and

    (c)     contain a statement, in an approved form, of the respondent's rights of review and appeal.

    (4)     An employer who fails to comply with a prohibition notice is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.