Ms Patricia King:

The protocol is based on the terms of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. As we know the penalties in that are dealt with in sections 77 to 79. That is just on the penalties. The other piece is the power of the inspectors. The inspectors can go on site with powers that range from just doing an inspection and giving some advice right up to saying: "I'm seeing here a risk of serious personal injury and therefore that activity has to stop now and that means it has to be closed." The power that inspector has means that even if the employer wants to appeal that, the activity is still stopped while that appeal is being made. That is fairly robust power.