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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
21Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings
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21 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings
involving management or control of fixtures, fittings or
plant at workplaces
(1) In this section:
person with management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant at
a workplace means a person conducting a business or undertaking to
the extent that the business or undertaking involves the management
or control of fixtures, fittings or plant, in whole or in part, at a
workplace, but does not include—
(a) the occupier of a residence, unless the residence is occupied for
the purposes of, or as part of, the conduct of a business or
undertaking; or
(b) a prescribed person.
(2) The person with management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant
at a workplace must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that
the fixtures, fittings and plant are without risks to the health and safety
of any person.