South Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 1.2.1

1.2.1—Employers

        (1)         Subject to any express provision in a particular regulation to the contrary, an employer must, in respect of the health, safety or welfare of his or her employees, and the health or safety of any other person who could be adversely affected by the performance of work, ensure compliance with any regulation that, pursuant to regulation 1.2.14 and Schedule 1, applies to employers.

        (2)         In the event of a contravention of, or failure to comply with—

            (a)         subregulation (1); or

            (b)         a provision of these regulations that specifically applies to employers,

whether by the employer, an employee or a person engaged to perform work for the employer, the employer is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:

            (a)         if the relevant regulation prescribes a penalty—that penalty;

            (b)         in any other case—a Division 6 fine.