Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) If a person is
required under any of these regulations to identify a hazard at a workplace
and to assess the risk of injury or harm to a person resulting from the hazard
and the person concludes from the assessment process that personal protective
clothing or equipment should be used at the workplace then the person must
ensure that —
(a) the
person who uses the clothing or equipment is instructed in relation to the
correct fitting, use, selection, testing, maintenance and storage of the
clothing or equipment;
(b) the
person who uses the clothing or equipment is informed of the limitations in
the use of the clothing or equipment;
(c) the
clothing or equipment is maintained in good working order;
(d) the
clothing or equipment is replaced —
(i)
when it no longer provides the level of protection
required to protect the wearer or user against the particular hazard;
(ii)
when the safe working life, as specified by the person
who manufactured the clothing or equipment, has expired; or
(iii)
subject to subregulation (2), when it is damaged and
cannot be repaired;
and
(e) the
area of a workplace at which the clothing or equipment is required to be used
by a person other than the person who provides the clothing or equipment is
identified by signs in accordance, and complying, with AS 1319.
Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.
(2) A person does not
commit an offence under subregulation (1)(d) if, proof of which is on the
person, the clothing or equipment is repaired rather than replaced
and —
(a) the
repair is done by a competent person;
(b) the
repair is done according to the specifications of the manufacturer of the
equipment; and
(c) any
replacement part used in the repair is that which is specified by the
manufacturer of the equipment as the correct replacement part.
[Regulation 3.34 amended in Gazette
14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]