Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 1995 - SECT 10

      (1) An employer is to appoint a responsible officer for each workplace at which the employer carries on business.

      (2) If an employer fails to appoint a responsible officer for a workplace, the person responsible for the direction and management of the business of the employer at that workplace is taken to have been appointed as the responsible officer for that workplace.

      (3) An employer is to ensure that a responsible officer appointed under subsection (1) has sufficient authority to perform the duties of a responsible officer under this Act.

      (4) An employer must –

(a) notify the responsible officer in writing of his or her appointment as responsible officer; and

(b) give notice of that appointment as far as reasonably practicable to all persons employed or engaged at the workplace.

Penalty:

In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units; and

(b) a natural person, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.