Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) If there is a risk
of fire at a 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, as far as practicable —
(a)
provide regularly maintained and efficient portable fire extinguishers to
control any fire likely to arise from the work being done at the workplace;
and
(b)
ensure that portable fire extinguishers are located and distributed at the
workplace in accordance with AS 2444.
Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.
(2) If, in any part of
a workplace —
(a)
there are goods or materials which in the event of a fire are likely to burn
with extreme rapidity, emit poisonous fumes or cause explosions; and
(b)
there is a risk of harm or injury to a person at the workplace resulting from
the goods or materials being ignited,
then a person who, in
the case of a construction site, is the main contractor or who, in the case of
any other workplace, is an employer or a self-employed person, must ensure,
where practicable, that no person smokes or introduces a naked flame into that
part of the workplace.
Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.
(3) A person must
comply with a direction given for the purposes of subregulation (2).
Penalty for a person who commits the offence as an
employee: the regulation 1.15 penalty.
Penalty in any other case: the
regulation 1.16 penalty.
[Regulation 3.9 amended in Gazette
14 Dec 2004 p. 6017 and 6018.]