Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083:reg:84
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01083
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 84
Character Range: 198361–199644

84  Duty of person conducting business or undertaking to ensure direct supervision
 (1) A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that a person supervising the work of a person carrying out high risk work as required by subregulation 82(1) provides direct supervision of the person except in the circumstances set out in subregulation (2) of this regulation.
Note: Section 12F of the Act provides that strict liability applies to each physical element of each offence under the Act, unless otherwise stated. The reference in section 12F of the Act includes these Regulations.
Penalty: The tier E monetary penalty.
 (2) Direct supervision of a person is not required if:
 (a) the nature or circumstances of a particular task make direct supervision impracticable or unnecessary; and
 (b) the reduced level of supervision will not place the health or safety of the supervised person or any other person at risk.
 (3) In this regulation, direct supervision of a person means the oversight by the supervising person of the work of that person for the purposes of:
 (a) directing, demonstrating, monitoring and checking the person's work in a way that is appropriate to the person's level of competency; and
 (b) ensuring a capacity to respond in an emergency situation.