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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 55D

55D .         Control measures

        (1A)         In this regulation —

        workers’ accommodation means premises to which section 19(4) of the Act applies.

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking must implement control measures —

            (a)         to eliminate psychosocial risks so far as is reasonably practicable; and

            (b)         if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate psychosocial risks — to minimise the risks so far as is reasonably practicable.

        (2)         In determining the control measures to implement, the person must have regard to all relevant matters, including —

            (a)         the duration, frequency and severity of the exposure of workers and other persons to the psychosocial hazards; and

            (b)         how the psychosocial hazards may interact or combine; and

            (c)         the design of work, including job demands and tasks; and

            (d)         the systems of work, including how work is managed, organised and supported; and

            (e)         the design and layout, and environmental conditions, of the workplace, including the provision of —

                  (i)         safe means of entering and exiting the workplace; and

                  (ii)         facilities for the welfare of workers;

                and

            (f)         the design and layout, and environmental conditions, of workers’ accommodation; and

            (g)         the plant, substances and structures at the workplace; and

            (h)         workplace interactions or behaviours; and

                  (i)         the information, training, instruction and supervision provided to workers.

        (3)         [not used]

        Note for this regulation:

                WHS Act — section 19 (see regulation 9).

        [Regulation 55D inserted: SL 2022/214 r. 5.]

        [Heading inserted: SL 2022/214 r. 5.]



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