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@Lady Penelope said:
I agree with Scotlandx’s well made points about Workcover and employees. To add further to Scotlandx’s comments, it is not only employees that an OC should be concerned about.We can’t forget that the OC owes a duty of care to all occupants and visitors to ensure their safety both on, and regarding, the common property.
I posted my comments before Scotlandx’s were made visible. But we seem to be on the same track about the WHS laws. Generally a residential OC/BC is exempt.
If an OC’s building complies with the NCC/BCA at the time it was built plus any subsequent legislative requirements (retrospective requirements are quite rare), it’s extremely unlikely it could be found in breach of a “duty of care”. Maintenance is really the key. And that maintenance includes any required routine building safety inspections. In my OCs that’s the second biggest annual expense.