Aim to explore options for suitable and effective enforcement of safe design regulation; that is, for enforcing ‘upstream’ in the phases of procurement, design, manufacture, import, supply, installation, erection and commissioning of plant - enforcement is defined as all dealings between OHS regulators and duty holders.

This builds on a previous article, 'Regulating the safe design of plant' which discussed the importance of eliminating and controlling risks to health and safety ‘at the source’, as early as possible in the life cycle of plant, machinery and equipment, in order to overcome OHS problems for those who use, maintain or otherwise work with that plant downstream. The earlier article identified some options for improving the regulation of safe design under the Australian OHS statutes and regulations.