Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022
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
(1) This regulation 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 Part 2 of Schedule 5 for use in a workplace unless that item of plant is registered under Part 5.3 .
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.
(3) Nothing in subregulation (2) prevents a person from performing any necessary adjustments, tests or inspections as part of the commissioning process before the plant is commissioned at a workplace.