Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MANUAL HANDLING) REGULATIONS (NO. 32 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   3.      In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—“manual handling” means any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain any animate or inanimate object; “person in control” means a person referred to in section 29 of the Act; “representative on health and safety issues”, in relation to an employee, means—  
   4.      The object of these Regulations is to ensure that employers and persons in control take all reasonably practicable steps that are available to them to ensure—