Duty to prepare, maintain and implement emergency plan
43 Duty to prepare, maintain and implement emergency plan
A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that an emergency plan is prepared for the workplace, that provides for the following:
emergency procedures, including—
an effective response to an emergency; and
evacuation procedures; and
notifying emergency service organisations at the earliest opportunity; and
medical treatment and assistance; and
effective communication between the person authorised by the person conducting the business or undertaking to coordinate the emergency response and all persons at the workplace;
testing of the emergency procedures, including the frequency of testing;
information, training and instruction to relevant workers in relation to implementing the emergency procedures.
Maximum penalty: tier E monetary penalty.
Note Strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under this regulation, unless otherwise stated (see s 6A).
A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must maintain the emergency plan for the workplace so that it remains effective.
Maximum penalty: tier E monetary penalty.
Note Strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under this regulation, unless otherwise stated (see s 6A).
For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the person conducting the business or undertaking must have regard to all relevant matters, including the following:
the nature of the work being carried out at the workplace;
the nature of the hazards at the workplace;
the size and location of the workplace;
the number and composition of the workers and other persons at the workplace.
A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must implement the emergency plan for the workplace in the event of an emergency.
Maximum penalty: tier E monetary penalty.
Note Strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under this regulation, unless otherwise stated (see s 6A).
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