Workplace Safety and Health Act · s 23

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s 23Power to suspend certificate

(1)

The Authority may, if the Authority thinks fit, suspend any certificate issued by the Authority under this Act in respect of any work or workplace, and shall inform the person named in the certificate in writing of the suspension and of the reason for the suspension.

(2)

Where any certificate is suspended under subsection (1), the person affected shall immediately cease to do any work at any workplace for which the certificate was required.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.