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❓ Hon Kate Doust asks about WorkSafe's use of prohibition notices, review outcomes, prosecutions, and alternative enforcement actions from 2009-2013. The Department of Commerce provides data in a tabled paper and states no prosecutions or alternative actions resulted from failures to comply.

AnsweredQoN 206Legislative Council

Asked

6 August 2013

Member

Hon Kate Doust

Portfolio

Commerce

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I refer to the WorkSafe division within the Department of Commerce and I ask, in relation to the annual reporting periods 2009-2010; 2010-2011; 2011-2012, and 2012-2013: (a) how many prohibition notices were issued by a WorkSafe for each of the years in question; (b) how many requests for review of a prohibition notice were lodged for each year in question and what was the result of each of the reviews; (c) how many 'failure to comply with a prohibition notice' lead to prosecution and what was the result of prosecution; and (d) how many 'failure to comply with a prohibition notice' lead to applying alternative enforcement actions and what was the result of those actions?

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Answered

10 September 2013

Responded by

Minister for Commerce

Response time

35 days

The Department of Commerce advises:
(a) & (b) Please see tabled paper No: .
(c) & (d) Nil. A prohibition notice prohibits the carrying on of any activity identified by the inspector. The inspector takes steps to ensure that the prohibited activity has ceased at the time the notice is issued.

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