Section 71 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Requirements relating to provisional improvement notices
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71 Requirements relating to provisional improvement notices (1) A provisional improvement notice must be in writing. (2) A provisional improvement notice must state— (a) that the health and safety representative believes the person is contravening, or is likely to contravene, a provision of this Act or regulations (as the case may be); and (b) the provision the representative believes is being, or is likely to be, contravened; and (c) briefly, how the provision is being, or is likely to be, contravened; and (d) the day, at least 8 days after the notice is issued, by which the person is required to remedy the contravention or likely contravention. Compare: Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) ss 91, 92
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