Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00410:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00410
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the structure.
They include:
    * architects, building designers, engineers, building surveyors, interior designers, landscape architects, town planners and all other design practitioners contributing to, or having overall responsibility for, any part of the design (for example, drainage engineers designing the drain for a new development)
    * building service designers, engineering firms or others designing services that are part of the structure such as ventilation, electrical systems and permanent fire extinguisher installations
    * contractors carrying out design work as part of their contribution to a project (for example,
      an engineering contractor providing design, procurement and construction management services)
    * temporary works engineers, including those designing formwork, falsework, scaffolding and sheet piling
    * persons who specify how structural alteration, demolition or dismantling work is to be carried out.
A person conducting a business or undertaking who alters or modifies a design without consulting the original or subsequent designer will assume the duties of a designer. Any changes to the design of a structure may affect the health and safety of those who work on
or use the structure and must be considered by the person altering or modifying a design.

The duties also apply to designers of domestic residences, only to the extent that at some stages in the lifecycle the residence may become a workplace and the design could affect the health and safety of workers who will carry out work on the building, such as construction, maintenance and demolition.
A person conducting a business or undertaking that commissions construction work (the client) has specific duties under the WHS Regulations to:
    * consult with the designer, so far as is reasonably practicable, about how to ensure that health and safety risks arising from the design during construction are eliminated or minimised, and
    * provide the designer with any information that the client has in relation to the hazards and risks at the site where the construction work is to be carried out.
A principal contractor is required for a construction project where the value of the construction work is $250,000 or more. The principal contractor is a person conducting a business or undertaking that:

    * commissions the construction project (the client), or
    * is engaged by the client to be the principal contractor and is authorised to have management or control of the workplace.
The principal contractor has duties to ensure the construction work is planned and managed in a way that eliminates or minimises health and safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable. Further guidance on managing risks for construction projects and principal contractor duties is available in the Code of Practice: Construction Work.
A person conducting a business or undertaking who commissions a design or construction work or