Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK SAFETY REGULATION 2009 (NO 45 OF 2009) - REG 189

    (1)     This section applies to a person in control of any of the following:

        (a)     the design of plant or a structure that is used, is to be used or could reasonably be expected to be used, at work or at a workplace;

        (b)     the design of a structure that is, is to be or could reasonably be expected to be, a workplace;

        (c)     the manufacture of plant or a structure that is used, is to be used or could reasonably be expected to be used, at work or at a workplace;

        (d)     the manufacture of a structure that is, is to be or could reasonably be expected to be, a workplace;

        (e)     the import or supply of plant, or a structure, that is used, is to be used or could reasonably be expected to be used, at work or at a workplace;

        (f)     the import or supply of a structure that is, is to be or could reasonably be expected to be, a workplace.

Note 1     Person in control —see the Act, s 13.

Note 2     The Act, s 24 (Duty—person in control of design), s 25 (Duties—person in control of manufacture) and s 26 (Duties—person in control of import and supply) set out duties that apply to particular people in control.

    (2)     The person in control must give information about the following to a worker using the plant or structure to carry out a manual task:

        (a)     the intended use of the plant or structure;

        (b)     the risk of using the plant or structure;

        (c)     ways that the worker may eliminate or minimise the risk of musculoskeletal disorders.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (3)     The information mentioned in subsection (2) must—

        (a)     describe the risk of using the plant or structure sufficiently to allow the plant or structure to be used safely; and

        (b)     be updated if new information is available about—

              (i)     the plant or structure; or

              (ii)     a manual task that is carried out using the plant or structure; and

        (c)     be able to be readily understood by a worker using the plant or structure to carry out a manual task or a person in control of the worker; and

        (d)     be kept for—

              (i)     5 years after the information is given; or

              (ii)     if the plant or structure is likely to be used as intended for more than 5 years—the period the plant or structure is used as intended.

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