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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
61Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of
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61 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of
(1) A designer of plant or a structure must ensure that the plant or
structure is designed so as to eliminate the need for any hazardous
manual task to be carried out in connection with the plant or
structure.
(2) If it is not reasonably practicable to comply with subregulation (1),
the designer must ensure that the plant or structure is designed so
that the need for any hazardous manual task to be carried out in
connection with the plant or structure is minimised so far as is
(3) The designer must give to each person who is provided with the
design for the purpose of giving effect to it adequate information
about the features of the plant or structure that eliminate or
minimise the need for any hazardous manual task to be carried out
in connection with the plant or structure.
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(4) A manufacturer of plant or a structure must ensure that the plant or
structure is manufactured so as to eliminate the need for any
hazardous manual task to be carried out in connection with the
plant or structure.
(5) If it is not reasonably practicable to comply with subregulation (4),
the manufacturer must ensure that the plant or structure is
manufactured so that the need for any hazardous manual task to be
carried out in connection with the plant or structure is minimised so
far as is reasonably practicable.
(6) The manufacturer must give to each person to whom the
manufacturer provides the plant or structure adequate information
about the features of the plant or structure that eliminate or
minimise the need for any hazardous manual task to be carried out
in connection with the plant or structure.
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(7) An importer of plant or a structure must take all reasonable steps
to:
(a) obtain the information the designer or manufacturer is required
to give under subregulation (3) or (6); and
(8) A supplier of plant or a structure must take all reasonable steps to:
(a) obtain the information the designer, manufacturer or importer
is required to give a supplier under subregulation (3), (6)
or (7); and
(b) give that information to any person to whom the supplier
Note for subregulation (8)