# Obligation to cooperate with inspectors

> reg-2.78 — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.78 Obligation to cooperate with inspectors
          (1) This regulation applies to a person who is or was an approved work sponsor.
          (2) The person must cooperate with an inspector if:
               (a) the inspector is appointed under section 140V of the Act; and
               (b) the inspector is exercising powers under Subdivision F of Division 3A of
                   Part 2 of the Act.
          (3) Without limiting subregulation (2), the person is taken not to have cooperated
              with an inspector if:
               (a) the person hinders or obstructs an inspector while the inspector is
                    exercising powers under Subdivision F of Division 3A of Part 2 of the Act;
                    or
               (b) the person conceals, or attempts to conceal, from an inspector the location
                    of a person, document or thing while the inspector is exercising powers
                    under Subdivision F of Division 3A of Part 2 of the Act; or
               (c) the person prevents, or attempts to prevent, another person from assisting
                    an inspector while the inspector is exercising powers under Subdivision F
                    of Division 3A of Part 2 of the Act; or
               (d) the person assaults an inspector or a person assisting the inspector while
                    the inspector is exercising powers under Subdivision F of Division 3A of
                    Part 2 of the Act; or
               (e) the person intimidates or threatens, or attempts to intimidate or threaten, an
                    inspector or a person assisting the inspector while the inspector is
                    exercising powers under Subdivision F of Division 3A of Part 2 of the Act.
          (4) If the person is or was approved as a work sponsor in a class of sponsor under
              subsection 140E(1) of the Act, the obligation mentioned in subregulation (2):
                (a) starts to apply on the day on which the person is approved as a work
                     sponsor in a class under subsection 140E(1) of the Act; and
                (b) ends 5 years after the day on which the person ceases or ceased to be an
                     approved work sponsor.
          (5) If the person is or was a party to a work agreement, the obligation mentioned in
              subregulation (2):








                 (a) starts to apply on the day on which the work agreement commences; and
                 (b) ends 5 years after the day on which the work agreement ceases or ceased.