WHS REGULATION extract
Part 3.2 General workplace management
Division 1 Information, training and instruction
39 Provision of information, training and instruction
(1)This clause applies for the purposes of section 19 of the Act to a person conducting a business or undertaking.
(2)The person must ensure that information, training and instruction provided to a worker is suitable and adequate having regard to:
(a)the nature of the work carried out by the worker, and
(b)the nature of the risks associated with the work at the time the information, training or instruction is provided, and
(c)the control measures implemented.
Maximum penalty:
(a)in the case of an individual—$6,000, or
(b)in the case of a body corporate—$30,000.
(3)The person must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the information, training and instruction provided under this clause is provided in a way that is readily understandable by any person to whom it is provided.
Maximum penalty:
(a)in the case of an individual—$6,000, or
(b)in the case of a body corporate—$30,000.
