Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
163Duty of person conducting business or undertaking
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163 Duty of person conducting business or undertaking
163 Duty of person conducting business or undertaking
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking that includes the carrying out of construction work must comply with AS/NZS 3012:2019, Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(2) For subsection (1), AS/NZS 3012:2019, Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites applies as if a term that is defined in that Standard and that is also defined in the Act or this regulation has the same meaning as it has in the Act or this regulation.
(3) If a requirement in AS/NZS 3012:2019, Electrical installations—Construction and demolition sites deals with the same matter as a requirement under this part, it is sufficient that the person conducting the business or undertaking complies with the requirement in that standard as modified by subsection (2).