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204: Requirements for authorisation of workplaces
or “Rules for getting workplaces approved when needed”
You could also call this:

“Rules for using equipment or substances that need approval at work”

You can’t use certain equipment or substances at work if the rules say they need to be approved first. If the rules say that equipment or substances (or their design) need approval, you can’t use them unless they have been approved in the way the rules say.

If you’re in charge of a workplace, you also can’t tell your workers to use equipment or substances that need approval but haven’t got it yet.

If you break these rules, you might get in trouble. If you’re just one person, you might have to pay up to $20,000. If you’re a company or organisation, you might have to pay up to $100,000.

Remember, it’s important to check if the equipment or substances you’re using at work need approval. If they do, make sure they’ve been approved before you use them or ask others to use them.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Authorisations

205Requirements for authorisation of plant or substance

  1. A person must not use plant or a substance at a workplace if—

  2. regulations require the plant or substance or its design to be authorised; and
    1. the plant or substance or its design is not authorised in accordance with regulations.

      1. A PCBU must not direct or allow a worker to use plant or a substance at a workplace if—

      2. regulations require the plant or substance or its design to be authorised; and
        1. the plant or substance or its design is not authorised in accordance with regulations.

          1. A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction,—

          2. for an individual, to a fine not exceeding $20,000:
            1. for any other person, to a fine not exceeding $100,000.

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