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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 59

Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant

59 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant

(1) A designer of plant must ensure that the plant is designed so that its noise emission is as low as is reasonably practicable.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(2) A designer of plant must give to each person who is provided with the design for the purpose of giving effect to it adequate information about—
(a) the noise emission values of the plant; and
(b) the operating conditions of the plant when noise emission is to be measured; and
(c) the methods the designer has used to measure the noise emission of the plant.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(3) A manufacturer of plant must ensure that the plant is manufactured so that its noise emission is as low as is reasonably practicable.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(4) A manufacturer of plant must give to each person to whom the manufacturer provides the plant adequate information about—
(a) the noise emission values of the plant; and
(b) the operating conditions of the plant when noise emission is to be measured; and
(c) the methods the manufacturer has used to measure the noise emission of the plant.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(5) An importer of plant must take all reasonable steps to—
(a) obtain the information the manufacturer is required to give an importer under subsection (4) ; and
(b) give that information to any person to whom the importer supplies the plant.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.
(6) A supplier of plant must take all reasonable steps to—
(a) obtain the information the designer, manufacturer or importer is required to give a supplier under subsection (3) , (4) or (5) ; and
(b) give that information to any person to whom the supplier supplies the plant.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.



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