Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006

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2 Application of Act

3 Application of Act to Government

4 General interpretation

5 Meanings of "workplace" and "factory"

6 Meanings of "employee" and "employer"

7 Appointment of Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health and other officers

8 Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, inspectors, authorised officers, etc., to be public servants

9 Identification of inspectors and authorised officers

10 Duties according to different capacities

11 Duty of occupier of workplace

12 Duties of employers

13 Duties of self-employed persons

14 Duties of principals

14A Additional duties of principals in relation to contractors

15 Duties of persons at work

16 Duties of manufacturers and suppliers of machinery, equipment or hazardous substances used at work

17 Duties of persons who erect, install or modify machinery or equipment and persons in control of machinery for use at work

18 Other related duties of occupiers and employers

19 Duties of occupiers of common areas

20 Offence of breaching duty under this Part

21 Power to issue remedial order or stop-work order

22 Appeal from order made by Commissioner

23 Power to suspend certificate

24 Investigation into accidents, dangerous occurrences, etc.

25 Alteration or addition to machinery, equipment, etc.

26 Minister may direct inquiry to be held

27 Notification and reporting of accidents, dangerous occurrences, etc.

27A Learning report of accident, etc.

27B Learning report, etc., not admissible in evidence

28 Workplace safety and health officers and coordinators

29 Workplace safety and health committees

30 Workplace safety and health auditors

31 Safety and health training courses

32 Requirement for approval of Commissioner to act

33 Application for and grant of approval

34 Duration of approval

35 Cancellation of approval

36 Surrender of certificate

37 False assumption of title

38 Offence under this Part

39 Establishment of Workplace Safety and Health Council

40 Powers and proceedings of Council

40A Functions of Council

40B Codes of practice

40C Use of approved codes of practice in criminal proceedings

41 Powers of inspectors

42 Power to take samples

43 Power to examine and secure attendance

44 Competency of inspector as witness

45 Persons not to reveal protected information

46 Unregistered factories

47 Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable

48 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.

49 Arrest of person accused of offence under section 15(3) or 21(7)

50 General penalties

51 Penalty for repeat offenders

52 Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied

53 Forgery of certificates, false entries and false declarations

54 Jurisdiction of court

55 When Magistrate may try offence

56 Composition of offences

57 Power to modify agreements

58 Power to apportion expenses

59 Relation to other laws

61 Protection from personal liability

62 Exempt workers, workplaces and equipment, etc.

63 Service of documents, etc.

64 Amendment of Schedules

66 Saving and transitional provisions

Safety and health training courses

31.—(1) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, require such prescribed class or description of persons to attend such training courses as are specified in the order.

(2) The employer of any person required to attend any training course under subsection (1) must ensure that the person completes or has completed such safety and health training course before allowing that person to perform any work for which the training is required.

(3) Any safety and health training course mentioned in subsection (1) must be conducted by an accredited training provider.

(4) Even though a person has completed such safety and health training course as is required under this section, the Commissioner may, if the Commissioner thinks that a refresher course is necessary, issue a written direction requiring that person to attend another such training course.

(5) An employer who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

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