New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION 2001 - REG 61

61 Building maintenance-particular risk control measures

An employer must ensure that risks of falls associated with building maintenance, including window cleaning, from outside or through windows are controlled by:

(a) the provision of adequate safe access to the work area, or

(b) if compliance with paragraph (a) is not reasonably practicable, the use of appropriate fall arrest devices.

Maximum penalty: Level 4.