Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION ACT 1991 - SECT 54A

54A Notification of particular safety matters

(1) This section applies if a licensee becomes aware of either of the following (each a
"safety matter" )—

(a) a notifiable incident has occurred on a building site under the licensee’s control or on which the licensee is carrying out building work;

(b) a person carrying out building or other work on a building site under the licensee’s control, or on which the licensee is carrying out building work, has contravened or is contravening—

(i) a notice or injunction under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 , part 10 ; or

(ii) a notice or injunction under the Electrical Safety Act 2002 , part 11A .

(2) The licensee must give the commission notice of the safety matter as required under this section.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.

(3) The notice must be given in the fastest way possible in the circumstances—

(a) by telephone; or

(b) in writing.

Example—

The written notice can be given by facsimile, email or other electronic means.

(4) A person giving notice by telephone must—

(a) give the details of the safety matter requested by the commission; and

(b) if required by the commission, give a written notice of the safety matter within 48 hours of that requirement being made.

(5) A written notice must be in a form, or contain the details, approved by the commission.

(6) If the commission receives a notice by telephone and a written notice is not required, the commission must give the person—

(a) details of the information received; or

(b) an acknowledgement of receiving the notice.