Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2007 (NO 36 OF 2007) - REG 70

    (1)     A designer, manufacturer, supplier or importer of plant that may emit an unsafe level of noise must ensure that the plant is designed and constructed so that the noise emitted by the plant, when installed and used in reasonably foreseeable circumstances, is as low as reasonably practicable.

    (2)     A manufacturer, supplier or importer of plant commits an offence if—

        (a)     plant that may emit an unsafe level of noise is supplied to a person; and

        (b)     the manufacturer, supplier or importer fails to provide the person with information about—

              (i)     the noise emitted by the plant; and

              (ii)     ways to keep the noise to the lowest level that is reasonably practicable to achieve.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.