Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2011 - REG 568

  (1)   The operator of a licensed major hazard facility must implement the major hazard facility's safety management system established under regulation   558 as revised under Part   9.3 and this Part.

Penalty:

  (a)   In the case of an individual--$6   000.

  (b)   In the case of a body corporate--$30   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.

  (2)   The operator must use the safety management system as the primary means of:

  (a)   ensuring the health and safety of workers engaged or caused to be engaged by the operator and workers whose activities in carrying out work are influenced or directed by the operator while the workers are at work in the operation of the major hazard facility; and

  (b)   ensuring that the health and safety of other persons is not put at risk from work carried out as part of the operation of the major hazard facility.

Note:   The operator of a licensed major hazard facility is required to inform the regulator about any change in relation to certain information about the licence (see regulation   588).