Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012

1 Version: Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 1 South Australia Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 Contents Chapter 1 Preliminary Part 1 Introductory matters 1 Short title 3 Authorising provisions 4 Revocation 5 Definitions 6 Determination of Safety management system 7 Meaning of person conducting a business or undertaking: persons excluded 8 Meaning of supply 8A Meaning of emergency services worker 8B Meaning of dangerous goods 8C Meaning of high risk plant 8D Infringement offences 9 Provisions linked to Health and Safety duties in Act Part 2 Application 10 Application of Act to dangerous goods and high risk plant 11 Application of these Regulations 12 Assessment of risk in relation to a class of hazards, tasks.

2 Circumstances or things Part 3 Incorporated documents 13 Documents incorporated as in force when incorporated 14 Inconsistencies between provisions 15 References to standards Chapter 2 Representation and participation Part 1 Representation Division 1 Work groups 16 Negotiations for and determination of work groups 17 Matters to be taken into account in negotiations Division 2 Health and Safety representatives 18 Procedures for election of Health and Safety representatives 19 Person conducting business or undertaking must not delay election 20 Removal of Health and Safety representatives 21 Training for Health and Safety representatives Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 Contents 2 Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 Part 2 Issue resolution 22 Agreed procedure minimum requirements 23 Default procedure Part 3 Cessation of unsafe work 24 Continuity of engagement of worker Part 4 Workplace entry by WHS entry permit holders 25 Training requirements for WHS entry permits 26 Form of WHS entry permit 27 Notice of entry general 28 Additional requirements entry under section 117 29 Additional requirements entry under section 120 30 Additional requirements entry under section 121 31 Register of WHS entry permit holders Chapter 3 General risk and workplace management Part 1 Managing risks to Health and Safety 32 Application of Chapter 3 Part 1 33 Specific requirements must be complied with 34 Duty to identify hazards 35 Managing risks to Health and Safety 36

3 Hierarchy of control measures 37 Maintenance of control measures 38 Review of control measures Part 2 General workplace management Division 1 Information, training and instruction 39 Provision of information, training and instruction Division 2 General working environment 40 Duty in relation to general workplace facilities 41 Duty to provide and maintain adequate and accessible facilities Division 3 First aid 42 Duty to provide first aid Division 4 Emergency plans 43 Duty to prepare, maintain and implement emergency plan Division 5 Personal protective equipment 44 Provision to workers and use of personal protective equipment 45 Personal protective equipment used by other persons 46 Duties of worker 47 Duty of person other than worker Division 6 Remote or isolated work 48 Remote or isolated work Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 Contents Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 3 Division 7 Managing risks from airborne contaminants 49 Ensuring exposure standards for substances and mixtures not exceeded 50 Monitoring airborne contaminant levels Division 8 Hazardous atmospheres 51 Managing risks to Health and Safety 52 Ignition sources Division 9 Storage of flammable or combustible substances

4 53 Flammable and combustible material not to be accumulated Division 10 Falling objects 54 Management of risk of falling objects 55 Minimising risk associated with falling objects Chapter 4 Hazardous work Part 1 Noise 56 Meaning of exposure standard for noise 57 Managing risk of hearing loss from noise 58 Audiometric testing 59 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant Part 2 Hazardous manual tasks 60 Managing risks to Health and Safety 61 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or structures Part 3 Confined spaces Division 1 Preliminary 62 Confined spaces to which this Part applies 63 Application to emergency service workers Division 2 Duties of designer, manufacturer, importer, supplier, installer and constructor of plant or structure 64 Duty to eliminate or minimise risk Division 3 Duties of person conducting business or undertaking 65 Entry into confined space must comply with this Division 66 Managing risks to Health and Safety 67 Confined space entry permit 68 Signage 69 Communication and Safety monitoring 70 Specific control connected plant and services 71 Specific control atmosphere 72 Specific control flammable gases and vapours 73 Specific control fire and explosion 74 Emergency procedures 75 Personal protective equipment in emergencies 76 Information.

5 Training and instruction for workers Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 Contents 4 Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 77 Confined space entry permit and risk assessment must be kept Part 4 Falls 78 Management of risk of fall 79 Specific requirements to minimise risk of fall 80 Emergency and rescue procedures Part 5 High risk work Division 1 Licensing of high risk work Subdivision 1 Requirement to be licensed 81 Licence required to carry out high risk work 82 Exceptions 83 Recognition of high risk work licences in other jurisdictions 84 Duty of person conducting business or undertaking to ensure direct supervision 85 Evidence of licence duty of person conducting business or undertaking Subdivision 2 Licensing process 86 Who may apply for a licence 87 Application for high risk work licence 88 Additional information 89 Decision on application 90 Matters to be taken into account 91 Refusal to grant high risk work licence process 91A Conditions of licence 92 Duration of licence 93 Licence document 94 Licence document to be available 95 Reassessment of competency of licence holder Subdivision 3 Amendment of licence document 96 Notice of change of address 97 Licence holder to return licence 98 Replacement licence document 99 Voluntary surrender of licence Subdivision 4 Renewal of high risk work licence 100 Regulator may renew licence 101 Application for renewal 102 Licence continues in force until application is decided 103 Renewal of expired

6 Licence 104 Provisions relating to renewal of licence 105 Status of licence during review Subdivision 5 Suspension and cancellation of high risk work licence 106 Suspension or cancellation of licence 107 Matters taken into account 108 Notice to and submissions by licence holder 109 Notice of decision 110 Immediate suspension 111 Licence holder to return licence document Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 Contents Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 5 112 Regulator to return licence document after suspension Division 2 Accreditation of assessors Subdivision 1 Requirement to be accredited 113 Accreditation required to assess competency for high risk work licence 114 Accredited assessor must act in accordance with accreditation Subdivision 2 Accreditation process 115 Regulator may accredit assessors 116 Application for accreditation 117 Additional information 118 Decision on application 119 Matters to be taken into account 120 Refusal to grant accreditation process 121 Conditions of accreditation 122 Duration of accreditation 123 Accreditation document 124 Accreditation document to be available Subdivision 3 Amendment of accreditation document 125 Changes to information 126 Accredited assessor to return accreditation document 127 Replacement accreditation document 128 Voluntary surrender of accreditation Subdivision 4 Renewal of accreditation 129 Regulator may renew accreditation 130 Application for renewal 131 Accreditation continues in force until

7 Application is decided 132 Provisions relating to application Subdivision 5 Suspension and cancellation 133 Regulator may suspend or cancel accreditation 134 Suspension or cancellation of accreditation 135 Matters to be taken into account 136 Notice to and submissions by accredited assessor 137 Notice of decision 138 Immediate suspension 139 Accredited assessor to return accreditation document 140 Regulator to return accreditation document after suspension Subdivision 6 Agreements with RTOs 141 Regulator may enter into agreement with RTO Part 6 Demolition work Division 1 Notice of demolition work 142 Notice of demolition work Division 2 Approval to carry out demolition work 143 Demolition work required to be licensed Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 Contents 6 Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 143A Approval to carry out certain demolition work Part 7 General electrical Safety in workplaces and energised electrical work Division 1 Preliminary 144 Meaning of electrical equipment 145 Meaning of electrical installation 146 Meaning of electrical work Division 2 General risk management 147 Risk management Division 3 electrical equipment and electrical installations 148 electrical equipment and electrical installations to which this Division applies 149 Unsafe electrical equipment 150 Inspection and testing of electrical equipment 151 Untested electrical equipment not to be used Division 4 electrical work on energised electrical equipment 152

8 Application of Division 4 153 Persons conducting a business or undertaking to which this Division applies 154 electrical work on energised electrical equipment prohibited 155 Duty to determine whether equipment is energised 156 De-energised equipment must not be inadvertently re-energised 157 electrical work on energised electrical equipment when permitted 158 Preliminary steps 159 Unauthorised access to equipment being worked on 160 Contact with equipment being worked on 161 How the work is to be carried out 162 Record keeping Division 5 electrical equipment and installations and construction work additional duties 163 Duty of person conducting business or undertaking Division 6 Residual current devices 164 Use of socket outlets in hostile operating environment 165 Testing of residual current devices Division 7 Overhead and underground electric lines 166 Duty of person conducting a business or undertaking Part 8 Diving work Division 1 Preliminary 167 Purpose of Chapter 4 Part 8 Division 2 General diving work Fitness and competence of worker 168 Person conducting business or undertaking must ensure fitness of workers 169 Certificate of medical fitness 170 Duty to keep certificate of medical fitness Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 Contents Published under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002 7 171 Competence of worker general diving work qualifications 171A Competence of worker general diving work knowledge and skill 172 Competence of worker incidental

9 Diving work 173 Competence of worker limited scientific diving work 174 Competence of competent person supervising general diving work 175 Evidence of competence duty of person conducting business or undertaking Division 3 Managing risks general diving work 176 Management of risks to Health and Safety 177 Appointment of competent person to supervise diving work 178 Additional control dive plan 179 Dive plan must be complied with 180 Additional contro