Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 85

85 Evidence of licence—duty of person conducting business or undertaking

(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must not direct or allow a worker to carry out high risk work for which a high risk work licence is required unless the person sees written evidence provided by the worker that the worker has the relevant high risk work licence for that work.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(2) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must not direct or allow a worker to carry out high risk work under section 82 (1) or (1A) unless the person sees written evidence provided by the worker that the worker—

(a) for work carried out under section 82 (1) —is undertaking the course of training mentioned in section 82 (1) (a) ; or

(b) for work carried out under section 82 (1A) (a) —holds the certification mentioned in section 82 (1A) ; or

(c) for work carried out under section 82 (1A) (b) —has applied for the licence mentioned in that paragraph.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(3) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must not direct or allow a worker to supervise high risk work as mentioned in sections 82 (1) and 84 unless the person sees written evidence that the worker holds the relevant high risk work licence for that high risk work.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—36 penalty units.

(4) A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must keep a record of the written evidence provided to the person—

(a) under subsection (1) or (2) —for at least 1 year after the high risk work is carried out;

(b) under subsection (3) —for at least 1 year after the last occasion on which the worker performs the supervision work.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—12 1 / 2 penalty units; or

(b) for a body corporate—60 penalty units.