Western Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2020 - SECT 20

20 .         Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings involving management or control of workplaces

        (1)         In this section —

        person with management or control of a workplace means a person conducting a business or undertaking to the extent that the business or undertaking involves the management or control, in whole or in part, of the workplace but does not include —

            (a)         the occupier of a residence, unless the residence is occupied for the purposes of, or as part of, the conduct of a business or undertaking; or

            (b)         a prescribed person.

        (2)         The person with management or control of a workplace must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the workplace, the means of entering and exiting the workplace and anything arising from the workplace are without risks to the health and safety of any person.