Victorian Consolidated Regulations

8 Reg. 9.2.1: S.R. No. 127/2000 as amended by S.R. No. 96/2005. - SECT 3.3.6.

Use of administrative control only

3.3.6. Use of administrative control only



(1) If an employer uses only an administrative control in accordance with
regulation 3.3.4 to control the risk of a fall, the employer must, before the
task is undertaken, record-

   (a)  a description of the administrative control used; and

   (b)  a description of the task to which the administrative control relates.

Penalty: 60 penalty units for a natural person;
300 penalty units for a body corporate.

(2) In complying with subregulation (1), an employer may make a generic record
in respect of a task to which an administrative control relates if the task
will be undertaken in the same or similar circumstances at more than one
workplace or at more than one work area within a workplace.

(3) The employer must retain a record made under this regulation for the
period during which the task to which the administrative control relates is
being undertaken.

Penalty: 60 penalty units for a natural person; 300 penalty units for a body
corporate.

(4) The preparation of a safe work method statement in accordance with
regulation 5.1.9 is to be taken to be compliance with subregulation (1).