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Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011
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80 Emergency and rescue procedures
(1) This regulation applies if a person conducting a business or undertaking provides a fall arrest system as a control measure.
(2) Without limiting regulation 79, the person must establish emergency procedures, including rescue procedures, in relation to the use of the fall arrest system.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.
(3) The person must ensure that the emergency procedures are tested so that they are effective.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.
(4) The person must provide relevant workers with suitable and adequate information, training and instruction in relation to the emergency procedures.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.
(5) In this regulation, relevant worker means:
(a) a worker who, in carrying out work in the business or undertaking, uses or is to use a fall arrest system; and
(b) a worker who may be involved in initiating or implementing the emergency procedures.
Part 4.5—High Risk Work
Division 1—Licensing of high risk work
Subdivision 1—Requirement to be licensed
81 Licence required to carry out high risk work
A person must not carry out a class of high risk work unless the person holds a high risk work licence for that class of high risk work, except as provided in regulation 82.
Note 1: See section 43 of the Act.
Note 2: Schedule 3 sets out the high risk work licences and classes of high risk work that are within the scope of each licence. Schedule 4 sets out the qualifications required for a high risk work licence.