Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 704

704 Duty of officers

(1) If a relevant person has a duty under section 703 in relation to a relevant activity, an officer of the relevant person must exercise due diligence to ensure that the relevant person complies with that duty.

(2) An officer of a relevant person may be convicted or found guilty of an offence under this part relating to a duty under this section whether or not the relevant person has been convicted or found guilty of an offence against section 703 .

(3) In this section,
"due diligence" includes taking reasonable steps—

(a) to acquire and keep up-to-date knowledge of public health and safety matters; and

(b) to gain an understanding of the nature of the relevant activity and generally of the hazards and risks associated with those activities; and

(c) to ensure that the relevant person has available for use, and uses, appropriate resources and processes to eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety from the relevant activities; and

(d) to ensure that the relevant person has appropriate processes for receiving and considering information regarding incidents, hazards and risks and responding in a timely way to that information; and

(e) to ensure that the relevant person has, and implements, processes for complying with section 703 ; and

(f) to verify the provision and use of the resources and processes mentioned in paragraphs (c) to (e) .