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In forceWhat is reasonably practicable?
Part 9Management plans
Division 1General duties of safety and environment protection
125 What is reasonably practicable?
For the purposes of this Division, regard must be had to the following matters in determining what is (or was at a particular time) reasonably practicable—
(a)
the likelihood of the hazard or risk concerned eventuating;
(b)
the degree of harm that would result if the hazard or risk eventuated;
(c)
what the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, about the hazard or risk and any ways of eliminating or reducing the hazard or risk;
(d)
the availability and suitability of ways to eliminate or reduce the hazard or risk;
(e)
the cost of eliminating or reducing the hazard or risk.
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