Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016

General workplace facilities

10 Duty in relation to general workplace facilities

(1)

A PCBU must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that—

(a)

the layout of the workplace allows, and the workplace is maintained to allow, persons to enter and exit the workplace and to move within it without risks to health and safety, both under normal working conditions and in an emergency:

(b)

work areas have sufficient space for work to be carried out without risks to health and safety:

(c)

floors and other surfaces are designed, installed, and maintained to allow work to be carried out without risks to health and safety:

(d)

there is suitable and sufficient lighting to enable—

(i)

each worker to carry out work without risks to health and safety; and

(ii)

persons to move within the workplace without risks to health and safety; and

(iii)

safe evacuation in an emergency:

(e)

there is suitable and sufficient ventilation to enable workers to carry out work without risks to health and safety:

(f)

workers carrying out work in extremes of heat or cold are able to do so without risks to health and safety.

(2)

A PCBU who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable on conviction,—

(a)

for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $10,000:

(b)

for any other person, to a fine not exceeding $50,000.

Compare: Model Work Health and Safety Regulations (Aust) r 40