Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 62

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

        (a)     after any incident occurs to which Part 5 of the Act applies that involves work in a confined space; or

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

        (c)     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)(c) if the health and safety representative believes on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     any of the circumstances referred to in subregulation (1)(a) or (b) exist; or

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

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

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