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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 296

Person who commissions project must give information to principal contractor

    If a person conducting a business or undertaking that commissions a construction project engages a principal contractor for the project, the person must give the principal contractor any information the person has in relation to hazards and risks at or in the vicinity of the workplace where the construction work is to be carried out.

Penalty:

  (a)   In the case of an individual--$3   600.

  (b)   In the case of a body corporate--$18   000.

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.

Note:   As a principal contractor is a person conducting a business or undertaking, this Part also applies to a principal contractor.


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