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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
23Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that
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23 Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that
manufacture plant, substances or structures
(1) This section applies to a person (the manufacturer) who conducts
a business or undertaking that manufactures:
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(2) The manufacturer must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable,
that the plant, substance or structure is manufactured to be without
risks to the health and safety of persons:
a purpose for which it was designed or manufactured; or
(3) The manufacturer must carry out, or arrange the carrying out of,
any calculations, analysis, testing or examination that may be
necessary for the performance of the duty imposed by
subsection (2).
(4) The manufacturer must give adequate information to each person
to whom the manufacturer provides the plant, substance or
structure concerning:
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(5) The manufacturer, on request, must, so far as is reasonably
practicable, give current relevant information on the matters
referred to in subsection (4) to a person who carries out, or is to
carry out, any of the activities referred to in subsection (2)(a) to (e).