Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (SAFETY STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 4.07B

         (1)   This regulation applies to a supplier who hires or leases plant, other than plant mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 6.

         (2)   If the supplier hires or leases plant to which this regulation applies to an employer, being plant that the supplier knows, or ought reasonably to expect, will be used by employees at work, the supplier must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that:

                (a)    any risk to the health and safety of the employees arising from the use of the plant is minimised; and

               (b)    the plant is inspected and maintained between each hire or leasing to identify and, if necessary, minimise any risk to health and safety of employees from the use of the plant at work; and

                (c)    records of the inspection and maintenance of plant mentioned in paragraph (b) are kept for at least 12 months after the end of the hire or leasing period for the plant; and

               (d)    records of the registration of the plant (if any) are kept for at least 12 months after the date of registration; and

                (e)    an assessment is carried out on a regular basis to determine:

                          (i)    the need for testing the plant to establish whether new or increased risks to health and safety have developed; and

                         (ii)    the times at which testing of that kind is to be carried out; and

                (f)    if, under paragraph (e), it is determined that testing is necessary -- testing is carried out and the results of the testing are recorded; and

               (g)    the records of testing mentioned in paragraph (f) are kept for the period in which the supplier hires or leases the plant to employers.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.