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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS (NO 59 OF 2011) - REG 187

Provision of information to manufacturer

A designer of plant must ensure, when the design of the plant is made available to the manufacturer of the plant, that the manufacturer is provided with:

(a)     information to enable the plant to be manufactured in accordance with the design specifications; and

(b)     if applicable, information about:

(i)     the installation, commissioning, decommissioning, use, handling, storage and, if the plant is capable of being dismantled, dismantling of the plant; and

(ii)     the hazards and risks associated with the use of the plant that the designer has identified; and

(iii)     testing or inspections to be carried out on the plant; and

(iv)     the systems of work and competency of operators that are necessary for the safe use of the plant; and

(v)     the emergency procedures (if any) that are required to be implemented if there is a malfunction of the plant.

Maximum penalty:

(a)     in the case of an individual – $3 600.

(b)     in the case of a body corporate – $18 000.

Notes for regulation 187

1     Strict liability applies to each physical element of this offence. See section 12B of the Act.

2     A designer also has duties under section 22 of the Act.



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