Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2007 (NO 36 OF 2007) - REG 57

    (1)     This section applies if a service (the potentially hazardous service ) that may present a hazard in a confined space is normally connected to a confined space.

Examples—potentially hazardous service

1     a gas supply line

2     electrical wiring or cabling

Note     An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

    (2)     A person in control of a workplace must ensure that no-one enters a confined space unless the potentially hazardous service is isolated or controlled in a way that prevents—

        (a)     the introduction of any material, contaminant, agent, or the creation of a condition, that may be harmful to someone in the confined space; or

        (b)     the activation or energising in any way of equipment or services that may pose a risk to the health or safety of someone in the confined space.