Section 176 — Work Health and Safety Act 2011: Inspector’s power to seize dangerous workplaces and things

(1) This section applies if an inspector who enters a workplace under this Part reasonably believes that: (a) the workplace or part of the workplace; or (b) plant at the workplace; or (c) a substance at the workplace or part of the workplace; or (d) a structure at a workplace; is defective or hazardous to a degree likely to cause serious injury or illness or a dangerous incident to occur. (2) The inspector may seize the workplace or part, the plant, the substance or the structure.