Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 213

213 Maintenance and inspection of plant

(1) The person with management or control of plant at a workplace must ensure that the maintenance, inspection and, if necessary, testing of the plant is carried out by a competent person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(2) The maintenance, inspection and testing must be carried out—

(a) in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations, if any; or

(b) if there are no manufacturer’s recommendations, in accordance with the recommendations of a competent person; or

(c) in relation to inspection, if it is not reasonably practicable to comply with paragraph (a) or (b) , annually.