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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
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55D Control measures
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must implement
control measures:
(a) to eliminate psychosocial risks so far as is reasonably
(b) if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate psychosocial
risks – to minimise the risks so far as is reasonably
(2) In determining the control measures to implement under
subregulation (1), the person must have regard to all relevant
matters, including the following:
(a) the duration, frequency and severity of the exposure of
workers and other persons to the psychosocial hazards;
(b) how the psychosocial hazards may interact or combine;
(c) the design of work, including job demands and tasks;
(d) the systems of work, including how work is managed,
organised and supported;
(e) the design and layout, and environmental conditions of the
workplace, including the provision of:
(i) safe means of entering and exiting the workplace; and
(ii) facilities for the welfare of workers;
(f) the design and layout, and environmental conditions, of
workers' accommodation;
(g) the plant, substances and structures at the workplace;
(h) workplace interactions or behaviours;
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(i) the information, training, instruction and supervision provided
to workers.
workers' accommodation means premises to which section 19(4)
of the Act applies.
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