South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The purpose of
this regulation is to ensure the provision of reasonable access to washing
facilities at workplaces.
(2) Each employee at
work must have reasonable access to handwashing facilities in the ratio of at
least one washing facility per 15 employees (or portion of 15 employees) at
work at a particular time.
(2a) A handwashing
facility provided under subregulation (2) must include running water or,
if the provision of running water is not practicable, an adequate supply of
clean water must be provided for use in the handwashing facility.
(3) If the nature of
the work or the usual working conditions are such that an employee needs a
shower after work, the employee must have access to shower facilities as
follows:
(a)
unless otherwise prescribed in relation to a particular kind of work—
(i)
except where subparagraph (ii) applies—there
must be at least one shower per 15 persons (or portion of 15 persons) who
require a shower at a particular time;
(ii)
where the work is hot, arduous or dirty, there must be at
least one shower per 10 persons (or portion of 10 persons) who require a
shower at a particular time; and
(b)
organisational arrangements must be made to provide privacy and security
between male and female employees.