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Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
26Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that
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26 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that
install, construct or commission plant or structures
(1) This section applies to a person who conducts a business or
undertaking that installs, constructs or commissions plant or a
structure that is to be used, or could reasonably be expected to be
used, as, or at, a workplace.
(2) The person must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that
the way in which the plant or structure is installed, constructed or
commissioned ensures that the plant or structure is without risks to
the health and safety of persons:
(a) who install or construct the plant or structure at a workplace;
or
(b) who use the plant or structure at a workplace for a purpose for
which it was installed, constructed or commissioned; or
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(c) who carry out any reasonably foreseeable activity at a
workplace in relation to the proper use, decommissioning or
dismantling of the plant or demolition or disposal of the
structure; or
(d) who are at or in the vicinity of a workplace and whose health
or safety may be affected by a use or activity referred to in
paragraph (a), (b) or (c).