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Reflecting the wave of occupational health and safety regulation reform that swept through Australia from the mid-1970s, following the British Robens Report, the Australian States and Territories enacted legislation that replaced the traditional style legislation with performance-based legislation imposing broad general duties, with regulations ...
The NSW Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000, No 40. (OHS Act) provides the rules and legislation to be abided by all workplaces, to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all persons at work in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The full OHS Act 2000, including regulations, reviews and amendments can be found at the NSW Legislation ...
The Occupational Health and Safety Act was enacted in 1985 as a major reform of the Labor government of John Cain II. The Act was reviewed, [7] by Chris Maxwell QC (Queens Counsel) now a Judge of the Court of Appeal becoming the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004. [8] The 'new' Act broadly reflected the requirements of the OHS Act 1985.
[138] [139] The main statutory legislation on health and safety in the jurisdiction of the Department of Employment and Labour is the OHS Act or OHSA (Act No. 85 of 1993: Occupational Health and Safety Act, as amended by the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act, No. 181 of 1993). [138] Regulations implementing the OHS Act include: [140]
Safe Work Australia comprises 15 Members who work with agency staff to deliver the objectives of the strategic and operational plans. These members include an independent Chair, nine members representing the Commonwealth and each state and territory, two members representing the interests of workers, two representing the interests of employers and the Chief Executive Officer.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) is a Victorian statute imposing a duty upon 'employers' of employees to provide, so far as is reasonably practicable, a working environment that is safe and without risks to health. [1]
Comcare is a statutory authority of the Australian Government established under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 [4] (SRC Act) and covered by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 [5] (PGPA Act).
Pressure equipment is to be in accordance with AS/NZS 1200 per the Australian Government legislation as stipulated in Regulations 4.05(2)(d) and 4.51 (4)(b) of the Occupational Health and Safety (Safety Standards) Regulations 1994. [2] Queensland