South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 296

296—Person who commissions project must give information to principal contractor

If a person conducting a business or undertaking that commissions a construction project engages a principal contractor for the project, the person must give the principal contractor any information the person has in relation to hazards and risks at or in the vicinity of the workplace where the construction work is to be carried out.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         In the case of an individual—$3 600.

            (b)         In the case of a body corporate—$18 000.

Expiation fee:

            (a)         In the case of an individual—$432.

            (b)         In the case of a body corporate—$2 160.

Note—

As a principal contractor is a person conducting a business or undertaking, this Part also applies to a principal contractor.