Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.30

3.30 .         Flotation devices where persons working with others

                If, at a workplace —

            (a)         there is a risk of a person falling into water or other liquid and drowning at or adjacent to the workplace; and

            (b)         persons other than the person referred to in paragraph (a) are likely to be present at the workplace,

                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 provide appropriate flotation devices in a readily accessible position and ensure that rescue equipment is maintained and ready for use.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 3.30 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]