Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2007 (NO 36 OF 2007) - REG 75

    (1)     A person in control of a workplace must ensure that appropriate fire appliances are—

        (a)     available at the workplace; and

        (b)     maintained to a reasonable standard by a suitably qualified person.

    (2)     A person in control of a workplace commits an offence if portable fire extinguishers are not installed at the workplace in accordance with AS 2444.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

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

    (4)     What is appropriate for subsection (1) must be decided having regard to the nature of the hazards at the workplace.

    (5)     In this section:

"fire appliance" includes—

        (a)     a vehicle, equipment, implement or thing used to prevent, extinguish or contain fire or smoke; and

        (b)     a fire alarm; and

        (c)     apparatus for alerting the occupants of a building to a fire or facilitating the evacuation of the building; and

        (d)     equipment used to control smoke in, or remove smoke from, a building.

"suitably qualified person", for maintaining an appliance, means someone who is suitably qualified by experience or training to maintain the appliance.

Division 3.3.13     Emergency procedures