75Hazard identification may be for classes of plant

75 Hazard identification may be for classes of plant

(1) This regulation applies to a person who—

(a) has a duty under Part 3 of the Act to, so far as is reasonably practicable, eliminate risks associated with plant; and

(b) is required under this Part to identify the hazards associated with plant.

(2) A person referred to in subregulation (1) may carry out procedures to identify the hazards for a class of plant rather than for an individual item of plant if—

(a) all the plant in the class have similar functions and productive capacity; and

(b) the identification carried out for the class of plant does not result in any person being subject to a greater, additional or different risk to health or safety than if the identification were carried out for each individual item of plant.

Division 2—Duties of designers of plant