Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A duty holder must
review and as necessary revise control measures implemented under these
regulations so as to maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, a work
environment that is without risks to health or safety.
(2) Without limiting
subregulation (1), the duty holder must review and as necessary revise a
control measure in the following circumstances —
(a) the
control measure does not control the risk it was implemented to control so far
as is reasonably practicable;
Examples for this paragraph:
1. The results of
monitoring show that the control measure does not control the risk.
2. A notifiable
incident occurs because of the risk.
(b)
before a change at the workplace that is likely to give rise to a new or
different risk to health or safety that the measure may not effectively
control;
(c) a
new relevant hazard or risk is identified;
(d) the
results of consultation by the duty holder under the Act or these regulations
indicate that a review is necessary;
(e) a
health and safety representative requests a review under
subregulation (4).
(3) Without limiting
subregulation (2)(b), a change at the workplace includes —
(a) a
change to the workplace itself or any aspect of the work environment; or
(b) a
change to a system of work, a process or a procedure.
(4) A health and
safety representative for workers at a workplace may request a review of a
control measure if the representative reasonably believes that —
(a) a
circumstance referred to in subregulation (2)(a), (b), (c)
or (d) affects or may affect the health and safety of a member of the
work group represented by the health and safety representative; and
(b) the
duty holder has not adequately reviewed the control measure in response to the
circumstance.