Section 106 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Content of prohibition notice
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106 Content of prohibition notice (1) A prohibition notice must— (a) state that the inspector believes that grounds for the issue of the prohibition notice exist and the basis for that belief; and (b) describe briefly the matter or activity that the inspector believes gives rise or will give rise to the risk; and (c) in respect of a notice to which section 105(1)(b) applies, specify the provision of this Act or regulations that the inspector believes is being, or is likely to be, contravened by that matter or activity. (2) A prohibition notice may include recommendations on the measures that could be taken to remedy the risk, activities, or matters to which the notice relates, or the contravention or likely contravention referred to in subsection (1)(c). (3) Without limiting section 105 , a prohibition notice that prohibits the carrying on of an activity in a specified way may do so by specifying 1 or more of the following: (a) a workplace, or part of a workplace, at which the activity is not to be carried out: (b) anything that is not to be used in connection with the activity: (c) any procedure that is not to be followed in connection with the activity. Compare: 1992 No 96 s 41(2), (4) ; Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) s 196
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