Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) (National Standards) Regulations (Amendment) Jurisdiction Australia Year 1996 Published in English Source Australian Government Publishing Service, GPO Box 84, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, 1996. 78p. Notified in: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 June 1996. Serial number Statutory Rules 1996 No.129 Descriptors [Primary] Australia, equipment, workplaces and operations, hazard evaluation, hazard identification, occupational safety and health [Secondary] electricity, glossary, lasers, law, licensing of undertakings, lifting equipment, pressure vessels, prime movers, responsibilities of employees, responsibilities of employers, robots, safety devices, scaffolds, supply of information Subject category Mechanical hazards, transport Abstract These Regulations (commenced on 1.6.1996) add Part 4 (Plant) to the provisions of the original 1994 Regulations (see CIS 96-393). The concept of plant, as defined here, includes any machinery, equipment or tool, and any component thereof. The following matters are covered (general duties are related to some or all of the following: hazard identification, risk assessment, elimination or control of risk, provision of information): duties of manufacturers, suppliers, erectors or installers of plant; duties of an employer regarding design, installation, commissioning, use, repair, storage and disposal of plant, and concerning training, information, instruction, supervision and record keeping; specific duties of an employer for control of risk (plant under pressure, plant with moving parts, powered mobile plant, plant with hot or cold parts, electrical plant (incl. plant exposed to electrical hazards), plant designed for lifting or movement, industrial robots and other remotely or automatically energized equipment, lasers and laser products, scaffolds, amusement rides); duties of an employee; licences to operate plants (applications, granting, renewal, conditions, notification of maintenance); registration requirements; special licences; miscellany. In annex: registration and notification requirements. CIS No. 96-1951 Database ID 68095