Multiple PCBUs — concurrent WHS duties at shared workplace
scenarioAUwhsSourceModel Work Health and Safety Act 2011 ss 14 (duties not transferrable), 16 (more than one duty holder), 46 (duty to consult, co-operate, co-ordinate)
Where multiple PCBUs share a workplace (principal contractor, subcontractors, labour hire, visiting specialists), each has a concurrent primary duty of care to workers. The model WHS Act s 16 requires duty holders to consult, co-operate, and co-ordinate activities so far as reasonably practicable — a duty regulators prosecute aggressively after incidents on multi-employer sites.
Applies when
worksite=shared_controlworkforce=contractor_mixedregulatory_regime=whscountry_of_operation=AU
Applicable legislation (1 item)
- cth/model-whs-act-2011ss 14, 16, 46
Applicable topics (2 claims)
- Concurrent WHS duties — s 16 multiple duty holdersinstitutionalMultiple-duty-holder principle
- Duty to consult, co-operate, co-ordinate — s 46institutionalCo-ordination obligation
Co-applies within this scenario (1 relationship)
Rules don’t globally co-apply — they co-apply when the scenario is true. The pairs below reinforce each other under the Multiple PCBUs — concurrent WHS duties at shared workplace predicates.
- Concurrent WHS duties — s 16 multiple duty holders↔Duty to consult, co-operate, co-ordinate — s 46both_apply
Multiple-duty-holder principle + consultation duty jointly govern shared workplaces
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