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WorkSafe is an agency within the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, which is part of the Government of Western Australia, and responsible for the administration of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1984. [1]
The model WHS Act and Regulation are supported by codes of practice, [2] developed to give practical guidance on the requirements of the Workplace Health & Safety Act 2011 and Workplace Health & Safety Regulation 2011. The codes of practice are admissible in court as evidence of whether a duty has been complied with, and can also provide ...
In August 2019, Western Australia committed to join nearly every other state and territory in implementing the harmonized Model WHS Act, Regulations and other subsidiary legislation. [115] Victoria has retained its own regime, although the Model WHS laws themselves drew heavily on the Victorian approach. [citation needed]
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 Conservation Commission of Western Australia, responsible for assessing and auditing the performance of the department, was also created by the CALM Act. [3] Now (as of 2020 renamed the Conservation and Parks Commission), [4] its functions have broadened, with its purpose stated as "to act as an independent and trusted community steward and ...
the Parliament of Western Australia, from 1890, when WA achieved responsible government; The oldest recorded act of Parliament in Western Australia is the Civil Court of Western Australia (1832) act, an act for establishing a Court of Civil Judicature, assented to on 10 February 1832, under the first Governor of Western Australia, James Stirling.
Since 1832, acts have been passed in every year but 1890, the year the Western Australian Parliament was formed. [5] The last act to be passed prior to the establishment of the Parliament was the Electoral Act 1889, [7] assented to on 26 June 1890. [8] In 2023, the Western Australian Parliament passed 34 acts. [9]
Legislative power rests with the Parliament of Western Australia, which consists of King Charles III, represented by the Governor of Western Australia, and the two Houses, the Western Australian Legislative Council (the upper house) and the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (the lower house).