Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 529CC

529CC Compliance with, and review of, silica risk control plan

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking carrying out the processing of a crystalline silica substance that is high risk must ensure the processing is carried out in accordance with a silica risk control plan prepared in relation to the processing, including by ensuring—

(a) the plan is available to all workers at the workplace; and

(b) the plan is provided to all workers before they start the processing.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) If the processing of a crystalline silica substance that is high risk is not carried out in compliance with subsection (1) , the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure the processing—

(a) is stopped immediately or as soon as it is safe to do so; and

(b) is resumed only in accordance with the silica risk control plan prepared in relation to the processing.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3) The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure the silica risk control plan prepared in relation to the processing is reviewed and, as necessary, revised if a relevant control measure in relation to the processing is revised under section 38 .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"relevant control measure" means a control measure in relation to the processing of a crystalline silica substance that is high risk.