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Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Safety and Health Management Arrangements

30. Workplace safety and health auditors

(1)

Every workplace within the prescribed class or description of workplaces must have appointed in respect thereof a workplace safety and health auditor.

(2)

The functions of a workplace safety and health auditor appointed in respect of a workplace are to audit, in such manner as the Commissioner may determine, all or any of the following with a view to ensuring the safety, health and welfare of persons at work in the workplace:

(a)

the safety and health management system of the workplace;

(b)

any risk assessment relating to the workplace or the work carried out in that workplace;

(c)

any work process at the workplace; or

(d)

the workplace.

(3)

A workplace safety and health auditor has such powers as may be prescribed, being necessary powers for the auditor to discharge his or her functions and duties under this Act.

(4)

In this section, “risk assessment” means the process of evaluating the probability and consequences of injury or illness arising from exposure to an identified hazard, and determining the appropriate measures for risk control.