Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK SAFETY REGULATION 2009 (NO 45 OF 2009) - REG 109

    (1)     A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace commits an offence if the person does not provide adequate lighting at the workplace.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

    (2)     What is adequate for subsection (1) must be decided having regard to the nature of the tasks performed by each worker at the workplace.

    (3)     A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace commits an offence if the person does not ensure that the lighting provided at the workplace—

        (a)     allows workers to work safely; and

        (b)     does not create excessive glare or reflection; and

        (c)     allows people who are not workers to move safely within the workplace; and

        (d)     facilitates safe entry to, and exit from, the workplace.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

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

Division 7.10     Noise management