South Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 1.2.5

1.2.5—Owners of buildings

        (1)         Subject to any express provision in a particular regulation to the contrary, the owner of a building, other than domestic premises, that comprises or includes a workplace must, insofar as may be relevant to health, safety or welfare in, on or about the building, ensure compliance with any regulation that, pursuant to regulation 1.2.14 and Schedule 1, applies to the owners of buildings.

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

            (a)         subregulation (1); or

            (b)         any other regulation that specifically applies to the owners of buildings,

the owner 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.