Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1A) In this
regulation —
direct supervision , of a person, means the
oversight by the supervising person of the work of that person for the
purposes of —
(a)
directing, demonstrating, monitoring and checking the person’s work in a
way that is appropriate to the person’s level of competency; and
(b)
ensuring a capacity to respond in an emergency situation.
(1) A person
conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that a person supervising the
work of a person carrying out high risk work as required by
regulation 82(1) provides direct supervision of the person except in the
circumstances set out in subregulation (2).
Penalty for this subregulation:
(a) for
an individual, a fine of $7 000;
(b) for
a body corporate, a fine of $35 000.
(2) Direct supervision
of a person is not required if —
(a) the
nature or circumstances of a particular task make direct supervision
impracticable or unnecessary; and
(b) the
reduced level of supervision will not place the health or safety of the
supervised person or any other person at risk.
(3) [not used]