Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 43

43 Requirements for authorisation of work

(1) A person must not carry out work at a workplace if—

(a) a regulation requires the work, or class of work, to be carried out by, or on behalf of, a person who is authorised; and

(b) the person, or the person on whose behalf the work is carried out, is not authorised under a regulation.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(2) A person who conducts a business or undertaking must not direct or allow a worker to carry out work at a workplace if—

(a) a regulation requires the work, or class of work, to be carried out by, or on behalf of, a person who is authorised; and

(b) the person, or the person on whose behalf the work is to be carried out, is not authorised under a regulation.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.