Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00422:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00422
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Character Range: 12700–15464

must also carry out, or arrange the carrying out of, any calculations, analysis, testing or examination that may be necessary to ensure the plant is safe and without risks to health and safety.

Manufacturers
Manufacturers have a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the plant is manufactured to be without risks to workers throughout the lifecycle of the plant. Manufacturers must advise the designer of any hazards they identify during manufacture and ensure that hazards are not incorporated into the manufacture of the plant.
Manufacturers must also arrange for any calculations, analysis, testing or examination that may be necessary to ensure that the plant is without risks to health and safety. If design registration is required, the manufacturer must give the design registration number to the person with management or control of the plant, who must ensure the number is kept readily accessible.
A reliable way to achieve this is for the manufacturer to permanently mark the design registration number on the plant.

Importers and suppliers
Importers of plant from outside Australia must take all reasonable steps to obtain information from the manufacturer and then pass this information on when supplying the plant. If this is not available importers must carry out, or arrange the carrying out of, any calculations, analysis, testing or examination that may be necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the plant is without risks to the health and safety of any person. If design registration is required, the importer will also have duties to ensure that the design of plant is registered.
Any imported plant must be inspected, having regard to information provided by the manufacturer. If this information requires the plant to be tested then the importer must undertake this testing.
If an importer identifies any hazards, the importer must not supply the plant until the risks have been eliminated, or minimised, so far as is reasonably practicable, or if that is not possible, advise the person receiving the plant of those risks.
If the item of plant requires any alteration as a result of testing or hazard identification, then the importer must take all reasonable steps to advise the designer and manufacturer of this.
Suppliers of second-hand plant must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that any faults in the plant are identified. A written notice outlining the condition of the plant, any faults identified and, if appropriate, that the plant should not be used until the fault is rectified must be provided to the person to whom the plant is supplied.
If second-hand plant is to be used for scrap or spare parts, the supplier must inform the person they are supplying the second-hand