Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 182

182 Record keeping

(1) This section applies if a person conducting a business or undertaking prepares—

(a) a risk assessment under section 176 ; or

(b) a dive plan under section 178 .

(2) Subject to subsection (3) , the person must keep—

(a) a copy of the risk assessment until at least 28 days after the work to which it relates is completed; and

(b) a copy of the dive plan until the work to which it relates is completed.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—12 1 / 2 penalty units; or

(b) for a body corporate—60 penalty units.

(3) If a notifiable incident occurs in connection with the work to which the assessment or dive plan relates, the person must keep the assessment or dive plan (as the case requires) for at least 2 years after the incident occurs.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—12 1 / 2 penalty units; or

(b) for a body corporate—60 penalty units.

(4) The person must ensure that for the period for which the assessment or dive plan must be kept under this section, a copy is readily accessible to any worker engaged by the person to carry out the work to which the assessment or dive plan relates.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(5) The person must ensure that for the period for which the assessment or dive plan must be kept under this section, a copy is available for inspection under the Act .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—12 1 / 2 penalty units; or

(b) for a body corporate—60 penalty units.