Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
234Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that commission plant
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234 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that commission plant
234 Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that commission plant
(1) This section applies to a person who conducts a business or undertaking that commissions plant.
(2) The person must not commission an item of plant that is specified in Schedule 5, Part 2 for use in a workplace unless that item of plant is registered under Part 5.3.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents a person from performing necessary adjustments, tests or inspections as part of the commissioning process before the plant is commissioned at a workplace.