Section 12 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Application of Act to prescribed high-risk plant

12 Application of Act to prescribed high-risk plant (1) This Act applies to— (a) the operation or use of prescribed high-risk plant even if the plant is not situated, operated, or used at a workplace or used in carrying out work: (b) every operator of high-risk plant even if the operator would not otherwise be a PCBU as defined in section 17 . (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a reference in this Act— (a) to carrying out work includes a reference to the operation and use of prescribed high-risk plant; and (b) to a workplace includes a reference to any prescribed high-risk plant and the place at or in which the plant is situated, operated, or used; and (c) to work health and safety (however expressed) includes a reference to public health and safety. (3) This section applies subject to any prescribed exclusions or modifications. Compare: Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) Schedule 1