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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
59Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of
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59 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of
(1) A designer of plant must ensure that the plant is designed so that
its noise emission is as low as is reasonably practicable.
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(2) A designer of plant must give to each person who is provided with
the design for the purpose of giving effect to it adequate information
about:
(a) the noise emission values of the plant; and
(b) the operating conditions of the plant when noise emission is to
be measured; and
(c) the methods the designer has used to measure the noise
emission of the plant.
(3) A manufacturer of plant must ensure that the plant is manufactured
so that its noise emission is as low as is reasonably practicable.
(4) A manufacturer of plant must give to each person to whom the
manufacturer provides the plant adequate information about:
(a) the noise emission values of the plant; and
(b) the operating conditions of the plant when noise emission is to
be measured; and
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(c) the methods the manufacturer has used to measure the noise
emission of the plant.
(5) An importer of plant must take all reasonable steps to:
(a) obtain information about:
(i) the noise emission values of the plant; and
(ii) the operating conditions of the plant when noise
emission is to be measured; and
(iii) the methods the designer or manufacturer has used to
measure the noise emission of the plant; and
(6) A supplier of plant must take all reasonable steps to:
(a) obtain the information the designer, manufacturer or importer
is required to give a supplier under subregulation (2), (4) or
(5); and
(b) give that information to any person to whom the supplier
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