Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2011 - REG 608P

608P Review of risk management

(1) The operator of a major amusement park must review and as necessary revise each of the following, under this section—

(a) the safety assessment conducted under section 608L to ensure the adequacy of the control measures to be implemented by the operator;

(b) the park’s amusement device emergency plan;

(c) the park’s safety management system under section 608O .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the operator must conduct a review and revision if a change at the workplace occurs that is likely to give rise to a new risk, or a variation of an existing risk, to health or safety, including any of the following—

(a) a change to any amusement device at the park, including, for example, relocating the device;

(b) a change to any plant or structure relating to an amusement device at the park;

(c) a change to the operation, or the nature of the operation, of the park;

(d) a change in the workers’ safety role at the park;

(e) a change to the training given to workers who operate amusement devices at the park;

(f) a change to the park’s safety management system;

(g) a change to arrangements for the maintenance, inspection and testing of amusement devices at the park;

(h) a change to the schedule of annual inspections under section 241 and major inspections under section 241A of amusement devices at the park;

(i) an organisational change at the park, including a change in senior management.

(3) Also, without limiting subsection (1) , the operator must conduct a review and revision if any of the following circumstances occur—

(a) the installation, assembly, construction or commissioning of a new amusement device at the park;

(b) a control measure implemented does not control the risk of an amusement device incident occurring so far as is reasonably practicable;

(c) a new amusement device hazard is identified;

(d) the results of consultation by the operator under part 9A .5 indicate a review is necessary;

(e) a health and safety representative requests a review under subsection (5) ;

(f) the regulator requests a review under subsection (5) .

(4) In reviewing and revising the amusement device emergency plan, the operator must consult with the emergency service organisations mentioned in section 608N (2) .

(5) For subsection (3) (e) and (f) , the regulator or a health and safety representative at the workplace may request a review if the regulator or representative reasonably believes—

(a) a change under subsection (2) or a circumstance under subsection (3) (a) to (d) affects or may affect the health and safety of a person at the park; and

(b) the operator has not adequately conducted a review in response to the circumstance.