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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 533

Meaning of operator of a facility or proposed facility

  (1)   In this Chapter, the operator of a facility is the person conducting the business or undertaking of operating the facility who has:

  (a)   management or control of the facility; and

  (b)   the power to direct that the whole facility be shut down.

  (2)   In this Chapter, operator of a proposed facility means:

  (a)   the operator of a proposed facility that is an existing workplace; or

  (b)   the person who is to be the operator of a proposed facility that is being designed or constructed.

  (3)   If more than one person is an operator of the facility within the meaning of subregulation   (1):

  (a)   one of those persons must be selected as the operator of the facility for the purposes of this Chapter; and

  (b)   that person's details must be given to the regulator.

  (4)   The person selected:

  (a)   must inform the regulator of the nomination; and

  (b)   may do so by including it in a notification under regulation   536.

  (5)   The person selected under subregulation   (3) is the operator of the facility for the purposes of this Chapter.

  (6)   If a selection is not made, each of the following persons is taken to be an operator of the facility for this Chapter:

  (a)   each operator within the meaning of subregulation   (1) who is an individual;

  (b)   for each operator within the meaning of subregulation   (1) that is a body corporate--each officer of the body corporate.


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