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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 57

Managing risk of hearing loss from noise—Act, s 19

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

Note     title="A2011-35">WHS Act

s 19 (see  s 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; or

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

Note     Strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under this regulation, unless otherwise stated (see  s 6A).



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