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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 379

379 .         Duty to provide supervision

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must provide any supervision to a worker that is necessary to protect the worker from risks to the worker’s health and safety arising from the work if, at the workplace, the worker —

            (a)         uses, handles, generates or stores a hazardous chemical; or

            (b)         operates, tests, maintains, repairs or decommissions a storage or handling system for a hazardous chemical; or

            (c)         is likely to be exposed to a hazardous chemical.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $7 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.

        (2)         The person must ensure that the supervision of the worker is suitable and adequate having regard to —

            (a)         the nature of the risks associated with the hazardous chemical; and

            (b)         the information, training and instruction required under regulation 39.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $7 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.

        Note for this subregulation:

                In addition, section 19(3)(f) of the Act requires the provision of information, training, instruction and supervision.



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