Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) If there is a risk
that work to be conducted at a workplace might interfere with any gas, water,
sewerage or electrical service then a person who, at the workplace, is an
employer, the main contractor, a self-employed person or a person having
control of the workplace must ensure that —
(a) the
location of the service that might be affected is established; and
(b) an
accurate diagrammatic representation of the service that might be affected is
available at the workplace before the work commences.
(2) If any person
causes the location of any gas, water, sewerage or electrical service to a
workplace to be changed then a person who, at the workplace, is an employer,
the main contractor, a self-employed person or a person having control of the
workplace must ensure that an accurate diagrammatic representation of the
change to the service is either prepared or amended, as the case requires, to
show the change.
(3) 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, where practicable, that
“as constructed” drawings showing the location of gas, water,
sewerage and electrical service to the workplace are kept at the workplace.
Penalty applicable to subregulations (1), (2)
and (3):
(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 3.21 amended in Gazette
14 Dec 2004 p. 6013.]