Northern Territory Numbered Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS (NO 59 OF 2011) - REG 57

    (1)     A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must manage, in accordance with Part 3.1, risks to health and safety relating to hearing loss associated with noise.

Note for subregulation (1)

WHS (NUL) Act – section 19 (see regulation 9).

    (2)     A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that the noise that a worker is exposed to at the workplace does not exceed the exposure standard for noise.

Maximum penalty:

(a)     in the case of an individual – $6 000.

(b)     in the case of a body corporate – $30 000.

Note for subregulation (2)

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