Section 179 — Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001: Process for Corporation to decide whether to require audit

179 Process for Corporation to decide whether to require audit (1) The process in this section is initiated by the Corporation giving the employer a notice stating— (a) that the Corporation is satisfied of the matter specified in section 178(1) ; and (b) the Corporation's reasons for its statement under paragraph (a) ; and (c) that the purpose of the process is to decide whether or not the employer's safety management practices should be audited under section 180 ; and (d) that the Corporation and employer are required to enter into a dialogue about the standard of the employer's safety management practices; and (e) that failure to reach the standard required by the audit or to allow the audit to take place may result in an upwards adjustment of the employer's levies. (2) After the notice is given, the Corporation and employer must enter into a dialogue about the standard of the employer's safety management practices. (3) As part of the dialogue, consideration must be given to whether— (a) the employer should initiate a self-audit of its safety management practices: (b) the Corporation should assist in such an audit: (c) the Corporation should assist the employer to understand the need to improve, and the ways to improve, the employer's safety management practices. (4) As part of the dialogue, the Corporation must give the employer a reasonable opportunity to explain and comment on the health and safety situation in the employer's workplace. (5) When the Corporation and the employer have concluded the dialogue, the Corporation must— (a) decide, on the basis of information it has gathered, whether the employer's safety management practices should be audited under section 180 ; and (b) notify the employer of the decision.