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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 39

39 .         Provision of information, training and instruction

        (1)         This regulation applies for the purposes of section 19 of the Act to a person conducting a business or undertaking.

        (2)         The person must ensure that information, training and instruction provided to a worker is suitable and adequate having regard to —

            (a)         the nature of the work carried out by the worker; and

            (b)         the nature of the risks associated with the work at the time the information, training or instruction is provided; and

            (c)         the control measures implemented.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

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

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

        (3)         The person must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the information, training and instruction provided under this regulation is provided in a way that is readily understandable by any person to whom it is provided.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

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

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

        (4)         A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that records are kept for a period of 7 years of all information, training and instruction provided to a worker in relation to a hazardous chemical to which the worker is likely to be exposed.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

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

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



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