Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The requirements in this regulation are prescribed for paragraph 107(2)(b) of the Act.
(2) The operator must give a report about an incident to the Inspectorate within 72 hours of becoming aware of the incident.
(3) However, if it is not reasonably practicable for the operator to give the report to the Inspectorate within 72 hours, the operator must give the report to the Inspectorate as soon as practicable after the end of that time.
(4) The report must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) identify the workplace and the operator of the workplace; and
(c) specify the time of the incident; and
(d) identify the location of the workplace at that time; and
(e) specify the activities the workplace is engaged in at that time; and
(f) describe the incident; and
(g) set out a list of the consequences of the incident; and
(h) if a person was affected by the incident--set out the following details of the person and describe the effect of the incident on the person:
(i) name;
(ii) gender;
(iii) nationality;
(iv) date of birth;
(v) address; and
(i) set out the name, position and contact details of the person giving the report.
(5) The report may set out any other matters the operator considers relevant.
(6) The report must be given to the Inspectorate by one of the following means:
(a) sending a fax to the fax number specified for this purpose on the Authority's website;
(b) sending an email to the email address specified for this purpose on the Authority's website;
(c) another electronic means specified for this purpose on the Authority's website.
Note: Sending a report by post is not a permitted means.