Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025
61Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or structures
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61 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or structures
61 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or structures
(1) A designer of plant or a structure must ensure that the plant or structure is designed so as to eliminate the need for a hazardous manual task to be carried out in connection with the plant or structure.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(2) If it is not reasonably practicable to comply with subsection (1), the designer must ensure that the plant or structure is designed so that the need for a hazardous manual task to be carried out in connection with the plant or structure is minimised so far as is reasonably practicable.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(3) The designer must give to each person who is provided with the design for the purpose of giving effect to it adequate information about the features of the plant or structure that eliminate or minimise the need for a hazardous manual task to be carried out in connection with the plant or structure.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(4) A manufacturer of plant or a structure must ensure the plant or structure is manufactured so as to eliminate the need for a hazardous manual task to be carried out in connection with the plant or structure.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.
(5) If it is not reasonably practicable to comply with subsection (4), the manufacturer must ensure the plant or structure is manufactured so that the need for a hazardous manual task to be carried out in connection with the plant or structure is minimised so far as is reasonably practicable.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—73 penalty units, or
(b) for a body corporate—364 penalty units.