Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 21

21 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings involving management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant at workplaces

(1) In this section,
"person with management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant at a workplace" means a person conducting a business or undertaking to the extent that the business or undertaking involves the management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant, in whole or in part, at a workplace, but does not include—

(a) the occupier of a residence, unless the residence is occupied for the purposes of, or as part of, the conduct of a business or undertaking; or

(b) a prescribed person.

(2) The person with management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant at a workplace must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the fixtures, fittings and plant are without risks to the health and safety of any person.