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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) 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.
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(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.