Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK SAFETY REGULATION 2009 (NO 45 OF 2009) - REG 90

    (1)     A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace commits an offence if—

        (a)     a worker must stand at the workplace for a significant proportion of a work shift in substantially the same position on a floor or work platform that is a hard surface; and

        (b)     either or both of the following apply:

              (i)     the covering for the hard surface does not have low thermal conductivity;

              (ii)     the floor or work platform is not designed to give reasonable relief from the hard surface.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

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

Division 7.7     Electricity