Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Application of Act
3 Application of Act to Government
Part 2 INTERPRETATION
4 General interpretation
5 Meanings of "workplace" and "factory"
6 Meanings of "employee" and "employer"
Part 3 ADMINISTRATION OF ACT
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
Part 4 GENERAL DUTIES OF PERSONS AT WORKPLACES
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
Part 5 POWERS OF COMMISSIONER
21 Power to issue remedial order or stop-work order
22 Appeal from order made by Commissioner
23 Power to suspend certificate
Part 6 INVESTIGATIONS, INQUIRIES AND REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS, DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
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
Part 7 SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
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
Part 8 WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL
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
Part 9 INSPECTIONS AND OTHER POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT
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
Part 10 OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEEDINGS
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
Part 11 GENERAL
59 Relation to other laws
60 Civil liability
61 Protection from personal liability
62 Exempt workers, workplaces and equipment, etc.
63 Service of documents, etc.
64 Amendment of Schedules
65 Regulations
66 Saving and transitional provisions