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Section 48: If the workers are represented by a health and safety representative, the consultation must involve that representative.

You must consult your workers when making decisions about what facilities are needed, including those required for administering first aid. Consultation should include:
    * the number, location and contents of first aid kits and other equipment
    * the type of first aid facilities that may be needed
    * first aid procedures
    * the number of first aiders.

Consulting, co-operating and co-ordinating activities with other duty holders
Section 46: A person conducting a business or undertaking must consult, co-operate and
co-ordinate activities with all other persons who have a work health or safety duty in relation
to the same matter, so far as is reasonably practicable.
Sometimes you may have responsibility for health and safety together with other business operators who are involved in the same activities or who share the same workplace. In these situations, you should communicate with each other to find out who is doing what and work together in a co-operative and co-ordinated way so that all risks are eliminated or minimised
so far as is reasonably practicable.
For example, if you provide labour hire workers as part of your business you have a duty of care as well as the host business. In these situations, you must discuss the hazards and risks associated with the work and ensure the host business has appropriate first aid arrangements that your workers can access.

If you share your workplace with other businesses that have workers trained in administering first aid, you may be able to ensure that your workers have access to them instead of training your own workers. In these circumstances, it will be necessary to:

    * consult the other business operators to work out what first aid arrangements are needed
    * co-operate with each other in sharing first aid equipment and facilities
    * co-ordinate access to the first aiders.
Further guidance on consultation is available in the Code of Practice: Work health and safety consultation, co-operation and co-ordination.

2. HOW TO DETERMINE FIRST AID REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR WORKPLACE

Regulation 42: When considering how to provide first aid, a person conducting a business or undertaking must consider all relevant matters including:
    * the nature of the work being carried out at the workplace
    * the nature of the hazards at the workplace
    * the size, location and nature of the workplace
    * the number and composition of the workers at the workplace.

2.1 The nature of the work and workplace hazards
Certain work environments have greater risks of injury and illness due to the nature of work being carried out and the nature of the hazards at the