Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
other facility means an area for the changing of
clothes, showering, eating, drinking or resting;
sanitary facilities means toilets (including
urinals), hand-wash basins and units for the disposal of sanitary items.
(2) A person who, at a
workplace, is an employer, the main contractor, a self-employed person or a
person having control of the workplace must ensure that there are provided at
the workplace for the use of persons working at the workplace —
(a)
reasonable sanitary facilities, having regard to the reasonable requirements
of the persons working at the workplace;
(b)
convenient access to sanitary facilities; and
(c) any
other facility if the safety or health of a person working at the workplace
would be at risk if the facility were not provided.
Penalty:
(a) in
the case of an individual —
(i)
for a first offence, $10 000; and
(ii)
for a subsequent offence, $12 500;
or
(b) in
the case of a body corporate —
(i)
for a first offence, $20 000; and
(ii)
for a subsequent offence, $25 000.
[Regulation 3.20 amended in Gazette
14 Dec 2004 p. 6016.]