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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 4.39

4.39 .         Duties of certain persons when design of plant is altered

                Without limiting regulation 4.11, if the design of existing plant at a workplace is altered then a person who, at the workplace is an employer, the main contractor, a self‑employed person, a person having control of the workplace or a person having control of access to the workplace must ensure that —

            (a)         the design alteration is assessed for any risk of injury or harm occurring as if it were an original design; and

            (b)         the alteration to the plant is done by a competent person; and

            (c)         before the plant is returned to service, it is inspected and tested by a competent person having regard to the design specifications for the design alteration.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 4.39 amended in Gazette 8 Mar 2002 p. 981; 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]



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