Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 533

533 Meaning of operator of a facility or proposed facility

(1) In this chapter, the
"operator" of a facility is the person conducting the business or undertaking of operating the facility who has—

(a) management or control of the facility; and

(b) the power to direct that the whole facility be shut down.

(2) In this chapter,
"operator of a proposed facility" means—

(a) the operator of a proposed facility that is an existing workplace; or

(b) the person who is to be the operator of a proposed facility that is being designed or constructed.

(3) If more than 1 person is an operator of the facility within the meaning of subsection (1) —

(a) 1 of those persons must be selected as the operator of the facility for the purposes of this chapter; and

(b) that person’s details must be given to the regulator.

(4) The person selected—

(a) must inform the regulator of the nomination; and

(b) may do so by including it in a notification under section 536 .

(5) The person selected under subsection (3) is the operator of the facility for the purposes of this chapter.

(6) If a selection is not made, each of the following persons is taken to be an operator of the facility for the purposes of this chapter—

(a) each operator within the meaning of subsection (1) who is an individual;

(b) for each operator within the meaning of subsection (1) that is a body corporate—each officer of the body corporate.