Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 263

263 Disclosure of design information

(1) Subject to this section, the regulator must not disclose to any person any confidential information provided by an applicant for registration of a design of an item of plant.

(2) The regulator may disclose information about a plant design in either of the following circumstances—

(a) to a corresponding regulator or an authorised officer of a corresponding regulator, at the request of the corresponding regulator;

(b) to any person authorised by the applicant for the registration of the design.

(3) The regulator may provide a copy of the design verification statement to—

(a) workers engaged by the person with management or control at a workplace of plant manufactured to the design; or

(b) a health and safety representative of those workers.

(4) The regulator may provide the person with management or control of plant with the minimum information about the plant design that is necessary for the safe operation of the plant if the registration holder for the design of the plant cannot be located or no longer exists.