Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 326

    (1)     An employer or self-employed person must review and, if necessary, revise any measures implemented to control risks associated with construction work—

        (a)     before any change is made to the way the construction work is performed or
to the system of work associated with the construction work, including a change in the location of the construction work; or

        (b)     if new or additional information about hazards relating to the construction work becomes available to the employer or self‑employed person; or

        (c)     if, for any other reason, the risk control measures do not adequately control the risks; or

        (d)     after receiving a request from a health and safety representative.

Note

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

    (2)     A health and safety representative may make a request under subregulation (1)(d) if the health and safety representative believes on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     any of the circumstances referred to in subregulation (1)(a), (b) and (c) exists; or

        (b)     the employer or self-employed person has failed—

              (i)     to properly review the risk control measures; or

              (ii)     to take account of any of the circumstances referred to in subregulation (1)(a), (b) and (c) in conducting a review of, or revising, the risk control measures.