South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 213

213—Maintenance and inspection of plant

        (1)         The person with management or control of plant at a workplace must ensure that the maintenance, inspection and, if necessary, testing of the plant is carried out by a competent person.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         In the case of an individual—$3 600.

            (b)         In the case of a body corporate—$18 000.

        (2)         The maintenance, inspection and testing must be carried out—

            (a)         in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, if any; or

            (b)         if there are no manufacturer's recommendations, in accordance with the recommendations of a competent person; or

            (c)         in relation to inspection, if it is not reasonably practicable to comply with paragraph (a) or (b), annually.

Note—

The person with management or control of plant at a workplace is the person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace to the extent that the business or undertaking involves the management or control of plant in whole or in part at the workplace. See the definition of "person with management or control of plant at a workplace in regulation 5 and section 21 of the Act.