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What criteria, if any, has WorkSafe been directed or encouraged to use when “actively consider[ing] other enforcement options before recommending prosecution”?

Answered Question 3216 (2026)
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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

Question

  • What criteria, if any, has WorkSafe been directed or encouraged to use when “actively consider[ing] other enforcement options before recommending prosecution”?

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Hon Brooke van Velden

Member for Tāmaki · ACT Party · Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Answer

I am advised that WorkSafe New Zealand is required to follow the Solicitor-General’s Prosecution Guidelines and will apply its relevant policies and processes when considering alternatives to prosecution.