Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2012
8Duties of persons who install, construct or commission plant or structures
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8 Duties of persons who install, construct or commission plant or structures
(1) In this section –
designated person means a person who conducts a business or undertaking that installs, constructs or commissions plant or a structure.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) , the duties imposed on a designated person under section 26 of the new Act do not apply to or in relation to the installation, construction or commissioning of any plant or structure if the designated person commenced, or commenced and completed, any process associated with the installation, construction or commissioning of the plant or structure before the commencement day.
(3) If a designated person commenced any process associated with the installation, construction or commissioning of any plant or structure before the commencement day but has not completed the installation, construction or commissioning by the second anniversary of the commencement day, then subsection (2) ceases to apply in relation to the installation, construction or commissioning of the plant or structure and the designated person must comply with the requirements under section 26 of the new Act in relation to the duties of a designated person.