Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (MINES) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 675BB

675BB .         Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertaking to ensure competency of workers

                A person conducting a business or undertaking at a mine must ensure that each worker who works for the person at the mine is —

            (a)         given adequate information, training and instruction in safety procedures and systems of work and in the tasks required of the worker; and

            (b)         assessed before commencing work at the mine to ensure that the worker is competent to perform the tasks required of them and to operate any plant the worker will be required to operate; and

            (c)         retrained and reassessed whenever systems of work or plant are changed, or new systems of work or plant are introduced.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $4 200;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $21 000.