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

11 Duty to provide certain workplace facilities

(1)

A PCBU must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that adequate facilities are provided for workers at a workplace, including—

(a)

toilets:

(b)

drinking water:

(c)

hand-washing facilities:

(d)

facilities where workers can eat and take breaks:

(e)

if it is not reasonable for workers to leave the workplace if they become unwell, facilities where workers can rest.

(2)

In addition, a PCBU must ensure that the following facilities are provided for workers at a workplace if the work is of such a nature that the facilities are reasonably likely to be required:

(a)

facilities for washing the body:

(b)

a place in which to change clothes that become contaminated or wet:

(c)

facilities for keeping clothes that will not be used at work clean and dry:

(d)

if it is reasonable for workers to perform work while seated, facilities for sitting:

(e)

if it is not reasonable for workers to perform work while seated, facilities for sitting that enable workers to take any reasonable opportunity for rest that may occur in the course of the work:

(f)

facilities that prevent workers from becoming wet from a wet floor, whether by way of drainage of the floor or otherwise:

(g)

facilities that enable any airborne contaminants to be controlled as closely as possible to their source and to be treated or carried off.

(3)

A PCBU who contravenes subclause (1) or (2) 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: SR 1995/167 rr 4(2)(i), (j), 5(2)(a)–(f); Model Work Health and Safety Regulations (Aust) r 41