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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Miscellaneous provisions - Authorisations

206: Requirements for authorisation of work

You could also call this:

“You need permission for certain work and can't do it without proper authorisation”

You are not allowed to do certain types of work unless you have permission. If the rules say you need to be authorised to do a job, or if someone working for you needs to be authorised, you can’t do that job without the proper authorisation.

If you’re in charge of a business or workplace, you can’t tell your workers to do a job that needs authorisation if they don’t have it. This is to keep everyone safe.

If you break these rules, you could get in trouble. If you’re an individual, 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, these rules are there to make sure that people doing important or dangerous jobs have the right skills and knowledge to do them safely.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Authorisations

206Requirements for authorisation of work

  1. A person must not carry out work if—

  2. regulations require the work, or class of work, to be carried out by, or on behalf of, a person who is authorised; and
    1. the person, or the person on whose behalf the work is carried out, is not authorised in accordance with regulations.

      1. A PCBU must not direct or allow a worker to carry out work if—

      2. regulations require the work, or class of work, to be carried out by, or on behalf of, a person who is authorised; and
        1. the person, or the person on whose behalf the work is to be carried out, 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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