• Codes of Practice are admissible in court proceedings under the model WHS Act and Regulations. Courts may regard a Code of Practice as evidence of what is known about a hazard, risk or control and may rely on the Code of Practice in determining what is reasonably practicable in the circumstances to which the Code of Practice relates. • Codes of Practice are designed to be used in conjunction with the model WHS Act and model WHS Regulations but do not have the same legal implications. A person cannot be prosecuted for failing to comply with a Code of Practice. • The WHS Act and Regulations may be complied with by following another method, such as a technical or an industry standard, if it provides an equivalent or higher standard of work health and safety than the Code of Practice. • An inspector may refer to an approved Code of Practice when issuing an improvement or prohibition notice and may offer the person to whom the notice is issued a choice of ways in which to remedy the contravention.