(1)  This section applies if a health and safety representative reasonably believes that a person –

(a) is contravening a provision of this Act; or

(b) has contravened a provision of this Act in circumstances that make it likely that the contravention will continue or be repeated.

(2)  The health and safety representative may issue a provisional improvement notice requiring the person to –

(a) remedy the contravention; or

(b) prevent a likely contravention from occurring; or

(c) remedy the things or operations causing the contravention or likely contravention.

(3)  However, the health and safety representative must not issue a provisional improvement notice to a person unless he or she has first consulted the person.

(4)  A health and safety representative cannot issue a provisional improvement notice unless the representative has –

(a) completed initial training prescribed by the regulations referred to in section 72(1)(b) ; or

(b) previously completed that training when acting as a health and safety representative for another work group; or

(c) completed training equivalent to that training under a corresponding WHS law.

(5)  A health and safety representative cannot issue a provisional improvement notice in relation to a matter if an inspector has already issued (or decided not to issue) an improvement notice or prohibition notice in relation to the same matter.