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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
299Safe work method statement required for high risk
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299 Safe work method statement required for high risk
construction work
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking that includes the
carrying out of high risk construction work must, before high risk
construction work commences, ensure that a safe work method
statement for the proposed work:
(a) is prepared; or
(b) has already been prepared by another person.
(2) A safe work method statement must:
(a) identify the work that is high risk construction work; and
(b) specify hazards relating to the high risk construction work and
risks to health and safety associated with those hazards; and
(c) describe the measures to be implemented to control the risks;
and
(d) describe how the control measures are to be implemented,
monitored and reviewed.
(3) A safe work method statement must:
(a) be prepared taking into account all relevant matters, including:
(i) circumstances at the workplace that may affect the way
in which the high risk construction work is carried out;
and
(ii) if the high risk construction work is carried out in
connection with a construction project – the WHS
management plan that has been prepared for the
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(b) be set out and expressed in a way that is readily accessible
and understandable to persons who use it.