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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TICKETING REGULATIONS 2012

BR 36 / 2012

The Minister of Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1982, makes the following Regulations:

Citation

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health Ticketing Regulations 2012.

Form of ticket

2 For the purposes of sections 27 to 35 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act

1982 (the “principal Act”), a ticket shall be in the form set out in Schedule 1.

3. List of offences, descriptions and fines

(1) Offences for which a ticket may be issued under section 30 of the principal Act are those that are contrary to the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 2009 listed in column 1 of Schedule 2.

(2) For the purposes of section 29(2) of the principal Act, the description of an offence that is contrary to a provision listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 is the description set out in column 2 of Schedule 2.

(3) The fine for an offence that is contrary to a provision listed in column 1 of

Schedule 2 is the amount set out in column 3 of Schedule 2.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TICKETING REGULATIONS 2012

SCHEDULE 1

(regulation 2)

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TICKETING REGULATIONS 2012

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TICKETING REGULATIONS 2012

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TICKETING REGULATIONS 2012

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TICKETING REGULATIONS 2012

SCHEDULE 2

(regulation 3 ) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 2012

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Regulation Description of Offence Amount of Fine ($)

Regulation 52 Failure of employer to provide adequate 500 information and training to a person likely to enter a confined space at a place of employment Regulation 163(1) Failure of employee to report to the employer 500 a defect in a machine or tool

Regulation 163(2) Failure of employer to mark or tag as unsafe 500 and remove from service a machine or tool that has a defect Regulation 165 Failure of employer to equip every machine 500 that constitutes a hazard to employees with the necessary guard Regulation 233 Failure of employer to provide protective 500 clothing, equipment and materials of approved standards Regulation 234 Failure of employee to use protective clothing 500 or equipment Regulation 243 Failure of employer to maintain safe fall 500 protection systems as prescribed Regulation 244 Failure of employer to provide safe fall 500 protection systems for the safety and health of employees Regulation 245 Failure of employer to instruct employees in 500 the use of fall protection systems Regulation 246 Failure of employee to wear a full body harness 500 for fall arrest

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Regulation 247 Failure of employer to install a fall protection 500 system in accordance with prescribed requirements Regulation 263 Failure of contractor to maintain construction 500 site and equipment in accordance with prescribed requirements Regulation 271(1)(a) Failure of contractor to notify or to act in 500 accordance with directions of the owner of gas, electrical and other services before excavating Regulation 271(1)(b) Failure of contractor to ensure that any service 500 that may impose a hazard is disconnected or shut off before excavating Regulation 271(2) Failure of contractor to request the owner of a 500 service hazard that cannot be disconnected to supervise the uncovering of the service during excavation Regulation 271(3) Failure of contractor to ensure that pipes, 500 conduits and cables for services are supported to prevent failure or breakage during an excavation Regulation 300 Failure of contractor to keep work platforms 500 free of defects and surface irregularities Regulation 305 Failure of contractor to provide work platforms 500 of at least 60 cm (24 inches) in width Regulation 306 Failure of contractor to provide on every side 500 of a work platform the prescribed guard-rails and toe-boards Regulation 307 Failure of contractor to provide adequate 500 scaffolds that are supported, strutted and connected as prescribed Regulation 322 Failure of contractor to ensure that the 500 elevating work platform is used as prescribed Regulation 324 Failure of employer to ensure that ladders 500 used are of prescribed standards

Made this 17th day of May 2012

Minister of Health