Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981
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2 Simplified outline (1) This clause sets out a simplified outline of this Schedule. (2) This Schedule sets up a scheme to regulate occupational health and safety matters at or near facilities. (3) Occupational health and safety duties are imposed on the following: (a) the operator of a facility; (b) a person in control of a part of a facility or of any work carried out at a facility; (c) an employer; (d) a manufacturer of plant or a substance for use at a facility; (e) a supplier of a facility or of any plant or substance for use at a
Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 161 (f) a person who erects or installs a facility or any plant at a (g) a person at a facility. (4) A group of members of the workforce at a facility may be established as a designated work group. (5) The members of a designated work group may select a health and safety representative for that designated work group. (6) The health and safety representative may exercise certain powers for the purpose of promoting or ensuring the occupational health and safety of group members. (7) An OHS inspector may conduct an inspection: (a) to ascertain whether a listed OHS law is being complied with; happened at or near a facility. (8) The operator of a facility must report accidents and dangerous occurrences to the Safety Authority.