Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
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182 Record keeping
182 Record keeping
(1) This section applies if a person conducting a business or undertaking prepares—
(a) a risk assessment under section 176, or
(b) a dive plan under section 178.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the person must keep—
(a) a copy of the risk assessment until at least 28 days after the work to which it relates is completed, and
(b) a copy of the dive plan until the work to which it relates is completed.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—15 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—75 penalty units.
(3) If a notifiable incident occurs in connection with the work to which the assessment or dive plan relates, the person must keep the assessment or dive plan, as applicable, for at least 2 years after the incident occurs.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—15 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—75 penalty units.
(4) The person must ensure that, for the period for which the assessment or dive plan must be kept under this section, a copy is readily accessible to a worker engaged by the person to carry out the work to which the assessment or dive plan relates.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—43 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—217 penalty units.
(5) The person must ensure that, for the period for which the assessment or dive plan must be kept under this section, a copy is available for inspection under the Act.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—15 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—75 penalty units.