New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2001 - REG 36

36 Controller of premises to eliminate or control risks

(1) A controller of premises must eliminate any risk, arising from the premises, to the health or safety of any person accessing, using or egressing from the premises.

(2) If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk, the controller of the premises must control the risk.

(3) A controller of premises must ensure that all measures (including procedures and equipment) that are adopted to eliminate or control risks to health or safety are properly used and maintained.

Maximum penalty: Level 4.

Note: This Part also contains specific risk control requirements with which the controller must comply.