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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2007 (NO 36 OF 2007) - REG 24

First aid

    (1)     An employer must provide appropriate first aid equipment at the employer's workplace so that each person at the workplace has reasonable access to the equipment.

Example

a first aid kit

Note     An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

    (2)     An employer must ensure that an appropriate number of people trained in first aid are available to give first aid at the employer's workplace.

    (3)     What is appropriate for subsection (1) or (2) must be decided having regard to—

        (a)     the nature of the work undertaken at the workplace; and

        (b)     the size and location of the workplace; and

        (c)     the number of employees at the workplace.

    (4)     In this section:

"first aid" means the immediate treatment or care of a person who is injured or who becomes sick.



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