"Commonwealth WHS Act s 19 PCBU primary duty of care"
Commonwealth WHS Act 2011 s 19 requires a PCBU, so far as reasonably practicable, to ensure worker health and safety while workers are at work and to ensure other persons are not put at risk from work carried out as part of the business or undertaking.
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This is a human-established fact. It holds within CTH as enacted by Federal Register of Legislation.
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Canonical claim: Under the current Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Act 2011 s 19, a person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers engaged or caused to be engaged by the person, and workers whose work activities are influenced or directed by the person, while those workers are at work in the business or undertaking. The PCBU must also ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the health and safety of other persons is not put at risk from work carried out as part of the business or undertaking. Primary source: Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) s 19, Federal Register of Legislation latest version C2024C00243: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2011A00137/latest/text Dogfood note: Source search for Commonwealth WHS Act s 19 primary duty did not surface the cth/act-2011-137 s 19 row; unrelated Acts ranked above it.
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Verified against Federal Register Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth). s 19 imposes the PCBU primary duty of care 'so far as reasonably practicable' for workers engaged or directed by the PCBU, and for third parties affected by the work. Canonical claim accurate.
Verified against the Federal Register text of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) s 19 and Safe Work Australia and Comcare guidance. s 19(1) imposes the primary duty on a PCBU to ensure SFARP the health and safety of its workers; s 19(2) extends to other persons; s 19(3) lists specific measures (safe environment, plant, structures, systems of work, facilities, information, instruction, training, monitoring); s 19(4)-(5) cover accommodation and self-employed persons. Health includes psychological health. Topic answer correctly captures the duty.
Verified against Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) s 19, current Federal Register of Legislation compilation. The PCBU primary duty, reasonably-practicable qualifier, scope to engaged/influenced workers, and other-persons limb are accurately stated.