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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
66Managing risks to health and safety
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66 Managing risks to health and safety
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage, in
accordance with Part 3.1, risks to health and safety associated with
a confined space at a workplace including risks associated with
entering, working in, on or in the vicinity of the confined space
(including a risk of a person inadvertently entering the confined
space).
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risk assessment is conducted by a competent person for the
purposes of subregulation (1).
(3) The person must ensure that a risk assessment conducted under
subregulation (2) is recorded in writing.
(4) For the purposes of subregulations (1) and (2), the person
conducting a business or undertaking must have regard to all
(a) whether the work can be carried out without the need to enter
the confined space;
(b) the nature of the confined space;
(c) if the hazard is associated with the concentration of oxygen or
the concentration of airborne contaminants in the confined
space – any change that may occur in that concentration;
(d) the work required to be carried out in the confined space, the
range of methods by which the work can be carried out and
the proposed method of working;
(e) the type of emergency procedures, including rescue
procedures, required.
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(5) The person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that
a risk assessment under this regulation is reviewed and as
necessary revised by a competent person to reflect any review and
revision of control measures under Part 3.1.