Section 22 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Meaning of reasonably practicable

22 Meaning of reasonably practicable In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, reasonably practicable , in relation to a duty of a PCBU set out in subpart 2 of Part 2 , means that which is, or was, at a particular time, reasonably able to be done in relation to ensuring health and safety, taking into account and weighing up all relevant matters, including— (a) the likelihood of the hazard or the risk concerned occurring; and (b) the degree of harm that might result from the hazard or risk; and (c) what the person concerned knows, or ought reasonably to know, about— (i) the hazard or risk; and (ii) ways of eliminating or minimising the risk; and (d) the availability and suitability of ways to eliminate or minimise the risk; and (e) after assessing the extent of the risk and the available ways of eliminating or minimising the risk, the cost associated with available ways of eliminating or minimising the risk, including whether the cost is grossly disproportionate to the risk. Compare: Model Work Health and Safety Act (Aust) s 18