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Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
28Duties of designers of buildings or structures
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28 Duties of designers of buildings or structures
(1) A person who designs a building or structure or part of a building or structure who knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the building or structure or the part of the building or structure is to be used as a workplace must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that it is designed to be safe and without risks to the health of persons using it as a workplace for a purpose for which it was designed.
Note to s. 28(2) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 90.7).