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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2017 - REG 55D

Control measures

55D Control measures

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must implement control measures--
(a) to eliminate psychosocial risks so far as is reasonably practicable, and
(b) if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate psychosocial risks--to minimise the risks so far as is reasonably practicable.
(2) In determining the control measures to implement, the person must have regard to all relevant matters, including--
(a) the duration, frequency and severity of the exposure of workers and other persons to the psychosocial hazards, and
(b) how the psychosocial hazards may interact or combine, and
(c) the design of work, including job demands and tasks, and
(d) the systems of work, including how work is managed, organised and supported, and
(e) the design and layout, and environmental conditions, of the workplace, including the provision of--
(i) safe means of entering and exiting the workplace, and
(ii) facilities for the welfare of workers, and
(f) the design and layout, and environmental conditions, of workers' accommodation, and
(g) the plant, substances and structures at the workplace, and
(h) workplace interactions or behaviours, and
(i) the information, training, instruction and supervision provided to workers.
(3) In this clause--

"workers' accommodation" means premises to which the Act, section 19(4) applies.
Note--: WHS Act--section 19 (see clause 9).



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