Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) This regulation
applies to a client if the work at the construction site was, is being or is
to be done for the client as part of the client’s trade or business.
(2) The client must
consult with the designer for the purpose of ensuring, as far as practicable,
that persons doing the construction work may do so without risk to their
health and safety.
Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.
(3) If the client is
not the main contractor, the client must consult with the main contractor for
the purpose of ensuring, as far as practicable, that —
(a)
persons doing the construction work may do so without risk to their health and
safety; and
(b)
persons on or near the construction site are not put at risk from the
construction work.
Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.
(4) The client must,
as far as practicable, ensure that information given to the client under the
Act that relates to —
(a)
identifying hazards to which a person at the construction site is likely to be
exposed; or
(b)
assessing the risk of injury or harm to a person resulting from those hazards;
or
(c)
considering the means by which the risk may be reduced,
is given to the main
contractor (if the client is not the main contractor) and a person who obtains
the end product of the construction work from the client.
Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.
[Regulation 3.139 inserted in Gazette
2 Oct 2007 p. 4980‑1.]