Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 - SECT 26

Duties of persons who manage or control workplaces

26. Duties of persons who manage or control workplaces



(1) A person who (whether as an owner or otherwise) has, to any extent, the
management or control of a workplace must ensure so far as is reasonably
practicable that the workplace and the means of entering and leaving it are
safe and without risks to health.

Penalty: 1800 penalty units for a natural person; 9000 penalty units for a
body corporate.

(2) The duties of a person under subsection (1) apply only in relation to
matters over which the person has management or control.





(3) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.

Note However, the offence may be heard and determined summarily (see section
53 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Magistrates' Court Act 1989).