Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 101

    (1)     An employer or self-employed person must ensure that any operator controls for plant are—

        (a)     suitably identified on the plant so as to indicate their nature and function; and

        (b)     located so as to be readily and conveniently operated by each person using the plant; and

        (c)     located or guarded to prevent unintentional activation; and

        (d)     able to be locked into the "off" position to enable the disconnection of all motive power.

Note

Act compliance—sections 21, 23 and 24 (see regulation 7).

    (2)     If the need for plant to be operated during maintenance or cleaning of the plant cannot be eliminated, the employer or self-employed person must ensure that the plant is provided with operator controls that—

        (a)     permit operation of the plant while a person is undertaking the maintenance or cleaning of the plant; and

        (b)     cannot be operated by any person other than the person who is carrying out the maintenance or cleaning of the plant; and

        (c)     allow operation of the plant in such a way that any risk associated with the activities to any person carrying out the maintenance or cleaning of the plant is—

              (i)     so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminated; or

              (ii)     if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk, reduced so far as is reasonably practicable.

Note

Act compliance—sections 21, 23 and 24 (see regulation 7).

    (3)     This regulation does not apply to an emergency stop device.