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must be passed on from the designer through to the manufacturer and supplier to the end user. This information includes:
    * the purpose for which plant was designed or manufactured
    * the results of any calculations, analysis, testing or examination, and
    * any conditions necessary for the safe use of the plant.

Consulting workers
Consultation involves sharing of information, giving workers a reasonable opportunity to express views and taking those views into account before making decisions on health and safety matters.

Section 47: The WHS Act requires that you consult, so far as is reasonably practicable, with workers who carry out work for you who are (or are likely to be) directly affected by a work health and safety matter.

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

Consultation with workers and their health and safety representatives is required at each step of the risk management process.
Your workers usually know the hazards and risk associated with the plant they use. By drawing on the experience, knowledge and ideas of your workers you are more likely to identify all hazards and develop effective risk controls.
It is important to consult your workers as early as possible when planning to introduce new plant or change the way plant is used.

Consulting, co-operating and co-ordinating activities with other duty holders
There may be other businesses involved with plant at your workplace, for example who carry out installation or repair, or who share the workplace with you.

Section 46: The WHS Act requires that you 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.
For example, if you own or manage an on-hire business and your workers undertake work at other workplaces then you should exchange information with the host business to determine:

    * if your workers could be exposed to hazardous plant, and
    * what each of you will do to control any associated risks.
If you use plant (for example mobile plant such as a forklift) at a workplace that is shared with other businesses you should talk to those businesses about the risks your plant could cause them and work together in a co-operative and co-ordinated way to manage the risks.
Further guidance on consultation requirements is available in the Code of Practice: Work health and safety consultation, co-operation and co-ordination.

1.5 Registering plant
Certain items of plant and types of plant designs must be registered. A list of registrable plant is provided at Appendix A.

Registrable plant must be:

    * design registered before it is supplied, and
    *