Victorian Consolidated Regulations

8 Reg. 9.2.1: S.R. No. 127/2000 as amended by S.R. No. 96/2005. - SECT 2.1.2.

Provision of information, instruction and training

2.1.2. Provision of information, instruction and training



(1) If these Regulations require an employer to control any particular risk,
the employer must provide each employee of the employer who may be exposed to
the risk with sufficient information, instruction and training in relation to
the following matters as are necessary to enable the employee to perform his
or her work in a manner that is safe and without risks to health-

   (a)  the nature of the hazard giving rise to the risk; and



   (b)  the need for, and the proper use and maintenance of, measures to
        control the risk.

Notes 1. Act compliance-section 21 (see regulation 1.1.7). 2. Section 21 of
the Act also places obligations on an employer in relation to supervision.

(2) The obligation imposed by subregulation (1) is in addition to any other
obligation imposed on the employer by these Regulations in relation to the
provision of information, instruction and training.