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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 160

Contact with equipment being worked on

    A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that, while electrical work is being carried out on energised electrical equipment, all persons are prevented from creating an electrical risk by inadvertently making contact with an exposed energised component of the equipment.

Note:   Section   12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section   12F of the Act includes these Regulations.

Penalty:   The tier E monetary penalty.



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