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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
20Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings
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20 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings
involving management or control of workplaces
(1) In this section:
person with management or control of a workplace means a
person conducting a business or undertaking to the extent that the
business or undertaking involves the management or control, in
whole or in part, of the 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 a workplace must
ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the workplace, the
means of entering and exiting the workplace and anything arising
from the workplace are without risks to the health and safety of any
person.