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Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
159Unauthorised access to equipment being worked on
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159 Unauthorised access to equipment being worked on
159 Unauthorised access to equipment being worked on
A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that only persons authorised by the person conducting the business or undertaking enter the immediate area in which electrical work on energised electrical equipment is being carried out.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.