New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2001 - REG 14

14 Employer to provide supervision

(1) An employer must ensure that the employer’s employees are provided with reasonable supervision necessary to ensure the health and safety of the employees and any other persons at the employer’s place of work.

(2) The employer must ensure that the supervision is undertaken by a competent person.

(3) In determining the nature and extent of necessary supervision, the employer must have regard to the competence, experience and age of each employee.

Maximum penalty: Level 3.

Note: Specific requirements for supervision in relation to excavation work are imposed on employers by Chapter 8.