2015-04-28 Attachment 1 to Item 7 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Green Army Project Agreement

he       Division of work health and safety responsibilities between the parties
         (a)  |The Project Sponsor is responsible for providing safe and secure access to
              the Site, including where it makes arrangements with a third party in order to
              provide this.
         (b)  |The Project Sponsor will contribute to developing and implementing the work
              health and safety plan for the Project to the best of their endeavours to ensure
              the safety of Teams in carrying out their agreed tasks.
         (c)  The Service Provider is responsible for managing the work health and safety
              of Participants.
7.3      Compliance with laws and policies
         (a)  Each party must, in carrying out its obligations under this Agreement, comply,
              and use reasonable endeavours to ensure that its subcontractors comply, with
              the provisions of all Laws and requirements of any Commonwealth, State,
              Territory or local authority including those arising under a WHS Law in respect
              of work health and safety.
         (b)  The Project Sponsor must, in carrying out its obligations under this
              Agreement, comply, and use reasonable endeavours to ensure that its
              subcontractors comply, with any of the Service Provider’s work health and
              safety policies as notified, referred to, or made available, by the Service
               Provider to the Project Sponsor in writing.
7.4      Notifiable incidents and contraventions
         (a)   If the Project Sponsor is required by a WHS Law to report to a Regulator an
              incident arising out of the Project:
              (i) | atthe same time, or as soon as is possible in the circumstances, the
                    Project Sponsor must give notice of such incident, and a copy of any
                    written notice provided to a Regulator, to the Service Provider and to the
                    Commonwealth; and
              (ii) | the Project Sponsor must provide to the Service Provider and to the
                    Commonwealth, within such time as is specified by the Service Provider
                    or the Commonwealth, a report detailing the circumstances of the
                    incident, the results of investigations into its cause, and any
                    recommendations or strategies for prevention in the future.
         (b)  |The Project Sponsor must inform the Service Provider and the
              Commonwealth of the full details of:
               (i) | any suspected contravention of a WHS Law relating to the Project,
                    within 24 hours of becoming aware of any such suspected
                    contravention;
               (ii) | any cessation or direction to cease work relating to the Project, due to
                    unsafe work, immediately upon the party being informed of any such
                    cessation or direction;
               (iii) | any workplace entry by a WHS entry permit holder, or an inspector, to
                    any place where the Project is being performed or undertaken, within 24
                    hours of becoming aware of any such workplace entry; and
               (iv) any proceedings against the party or its officers, or any decision or
                    request by the Regulator given to the party or its Personnel, under a
                    WHS Law, within 24 hours of becoming aware of any such proceedings,
                    decision or request.

Green Army Project Agreement in relation to Managing weed threats from bushland reserves and coastal habitats in Noosa LGA.
Project ID B0270003901G TEM5191 issued 09/04/2015                                     page 17