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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 66

66 .         Managing risks to health and safety

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage, in accordance with Part 3.1, risks to health and safety associated with a confined space at a workplace including risks associated with entering, working in, on or in the vicinity of the confined space (including a risk of a person inadvertently entering the confined space).

        Note for this subregulation:

                WHS Act — section 19 (see regulation 9).

        (2)         A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that a risk assessment is conducted by a competent person for the purposes of subregulation (1).

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $4 200;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $21 000.

        (3)         The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that a risk assessment conducted under subregulation (2) is recorded in writing.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $1 450;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $7 000.

        (4)         For the purposes of subregulations (1) and (2), the person conducting a business or undertaking must have regard to all relevant matters, including the following —

            (a)         whether the work can be carried out without the need to enter the confined space;

            (b)         the nature of the confined space;

            (c)         if the hazard is associated with the concentration of oxygen or the concentration of airborne contaminants in the confined space — any change that may occur in that concentration;

            (d)         the work required to be carried out in the confined space, the range of methods by which the work can be carried out and the proposed method of working;

            (e)         the type of emergency procedures, including rescue procedures, required.

        (5)         The person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that a risk assessment under this regulation is reviewed and as necessary revised by a competent person to reflect any review and revision of control measures under Part 3.1.

        Penalty for this subregulation:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $4 200;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $21 000.



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