Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
529CCCompliance with silica risk control plan
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529CC Compliance with silica risk control plan
529CC Compliance with silica risk control plan
(1) A person conducting a business or undertaking carrying out the processing of a CSS that is high risk must put in place arrangements for ensuring that the processing is carried out in accordance with the silica risk control plan, including by ensuring that the silica risk control plan is—
(a) available to all workers, and
(b) provided to all workers before they commence the processing.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(2) If the processing of a CSS that is high risk is not carried out in accordance with the silica risk control plan that applies to the processing, the person must ensure that the processing is—
(a) stopped immediately or as soon as it is safe to do so, and
(b) resumed only in accordance with the silica risk control plan.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(3) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that a silica risk control plan is reviewed and as necessary revised if relevant control measures are revised under section 38.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—43 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—217 penalty units.