Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK SAFETY REGULATION 2009 (NO 45 OF 2009) - REG 48

    (1)     This section applies to—

        (a)     if the responsible person is a worker, and a provisional improvement notice is given to the person in relation to work carried out by the person for an employer—the employer; or

        (b)     if a provisional improvement notice is given to a responsible person in any other case—the responsible person.

    (2)     A person to whom this section applies must give a copy of the provisional improvement notice to each of the following people:

        (a)     if the notice relates to something that affects workplaces where workers not engaged by the employer work—each other employer of workers at each affected workplace;

        (b)     if the notice relates to premises—

              (i)     each owner of the premises; and

              (ii)     if the premises are leased—the lessor and lessee of the premises; and

              (iii)     anyone else with a right to immediate possession of the premises;

        (c)     if the notice relates to plant or other thing and the thing is hired under a hire-purchase agreement or contract of hire—the person from whom the thing is hired;

        (d)     if the notice relates to plant or a substance or other thing, whether or not the thing is hired—anyone else with a right to immediate possession of the thing.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

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