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that could be used for work must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that they are without risks to health and safety. Designers and manufacturers of electrical equipment or installations must ensure they are designed and manufactured so that electrical risks are eliminated or, if this not reasonably practicable, minimised so far as is reasonably practicable.
Officers, such as company directors, have a duty to exercise due diligence to ensure that the business or undertaking complies with the WHS Act and Regulations. This includes taking reasonable steps to ensure that the business or undertaking has and uses appropriate resources and processes to eliminate or minimise electrical risks at the workplace.
Workers must take reasonable care for their own health and safety and not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons. Workers must comply with any reasonable instruction and cooperate with any reasonable policy or procedure relating to health and safety at the workplace. This means that if electrical equipment is provided by the person conducting the business or undertaking, the worker must use it in accordance with the information, instruction and training provided on its use.
Duty holders may have additional legal obligations under state or territory electrical safety legislation.

1.3              What is required to manage electrical risks?

Regulation 147 A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage risks to health
and safety associated with electrical risks at the workplace.
Regulation 34-38 In order to manage risk under the WHS Regulations, a duty holder must:
    * identify reasonably foreseeable hazards that could give rise to the risk
    * eliminate the risk, so far as is reasonably practicable
    * if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk, minimise the risk so far as is reasonably practicable by implementing control measures
    * maintain the implemented control measure so that it remains effective
    * review, and if necessary revise, all risk control measures so as to maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, a work environment that is without risks to health and safety.
The hierarchy of risk control is described at Section 2.3 of this Code.
This Code includes guidance on how to manage electrical risks in the workplace by following
a systematic process that involves:
    * identifying hazards
    * if necessary, assessing the risks associated with these hazards
    * implementing and maintaining risk control measures (e.g. inspecting and testing electrical equipment, using RCDs), and
    * reviewing risk control measures.
Guidance on the general risk management process is available in the Code of Practice: How
to manage work health and safety risks.

Consulting your workers
Consultation involves sharing of information, giving workers a reasonable opportunity to express views and taking those views into account before making