The obligation
Consultation is a legal requirement and an essential part of managing work health and safety risks, including at the design stage.
Early consultation and identification of risks can allow more options to eliminate or minimise risks and reduce the associated costs. Drawing on the knowledge and experience of other people, including workers, allows more informed decisions about how a structure can be designed to eliminate or minimise risks.
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- Consultation is a legal requirement and an essential part of managing work health and safety risks, including at the design stage.
- Source
- safeworkaustralia.gov.au
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Which WHS law does this come from?
Consultation during the design of structures is a WHS requirement set out in Safe design of structures (SA). It is made under Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA). The relevant provision is Safe design of structures > Consultation.
What does this WHS obligation require?
Consultation during the design of structures is a WHS obligation under Safe design of structures (SA). In short, Consultation is a legal requirement and an essential part of managing work health and safety risks, including at the design stage.
What changed recently?
Consultation during the design of structures was last updated on 19 October 2026.