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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
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38 Review of control measures
(1) A duty holder must review and as necessary revise control
measures implemented under these Regulations so as to maintain,
so far as is reasonably practicable, a work environment that is
without risks to health or safety.
(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), the duty holder must review and
as necessary revise a control measure in the following
circumstances:
(a) the control measure does not control the risk it was
implemented to control so far as is reasonably practicable;
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(b) before a change at the workplace that is likely to give rise to a
new or different risk to health or safety that the measure may
not effectively control;
(c) a new relevant hazard or risk is identified;
(d) the results of consultation by the duty holder under the Act or
these Regulations indicate that a review is necessary;
subregulation (4).
Examples for subregulation (2)(a)
1 The results of monitoring show that the control measure does not control
the risk.
2 A notifiable incident occurs because of the risk.
(3) Without limiting subregulation (2)(b), a change at the workplace
(a) a change to the workplace itself or any aspect of the work
environment; or
(b) a change to a system of work, a process or a procedure.
(4) A health and safety representative for workers at a workplace may
request a review of a control measure if the representative
reasonably believes that:
(b) the duty holder has not adequately reviewed the control
measure in response to the circumstance.