Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.12

3.12 .         First aid

        (1)         In this regulation —

        first aid means the immediate treatment or care of a person who is injured or who becomes ill at a workplace.

        (2)         A person who, at a workplace, is an employer, the main contractor or a self-employed person —

            (a)         must provide such first aid facilities as are appropriate having regard to —

                  (i)         the type of hazards to persons at the workplace and the risk of those hazards; and

                  (ii)         the number of persons at the workplace;

                and

            (b)         must ensure that, as far as practicable, persons trained in first aid are available to give first aid at the workplace having regard to —

                  (i)         the type of hazards to persons at the workplace and the risk of those hazards; and

                  (ii)         the number of persons at the workplace.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 3.12 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]