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Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022
159Unauthorised access to equipment being worked on
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159 Unauthorised access to equipment being worked on
A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that only persons authorised by the person conducting the business or undertaking enter the immediate area in which electrical work on energised electrical equipment is being carried out.
Penalty: In the case of –
(a) an individual, a fine not exceeding $6 000; or
(b) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $30 000.