Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK SAFETY REGULATION 2009 (NO 45 OF 2009) - REG 23

    (1)     A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace commits an offence if the person does not provide adequate first aid equipment at the workplace so that each person at the workplace has access to the equipment.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace commits an offence if the person does not ensure that an adequate number of people trained in first aid are available to give first aid at the workplace.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (3)     What is adequate for subsections (1) and (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 workers at the workplace and their characteristics including gender, age and special needs.

    (4)     In this section:

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