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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 333

Who is the principal contractor for a construction project?

    (1)     The owner is the principal contractor of the workplace where the construction project is to be carried out unless the owner—

        (a)     appoints a principal contractor for the construction work performed for or on behalf of the owner; and

        (b)     authorises the principal contractor to manage or control the workplace to the extent necessary to discharge the duties imposed on a principal contractor under this Subdivision.

    (2)     If domestic premises become a workplace due to construction work being performed and the owner of those premises engages a person to manage or control the workplace, the person engaged is taken to be the principal contractor for the purposes of this Subdivision.



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