{"id":"C2010L00029","name":"Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 - Notice of Revocation and Approval - Notice No. 2 of 1999","slug":"c2010l00029","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":331018,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2010L00029-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 - Notice of Revocation and Approval - Notice No. 2 of 1999","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nOCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991\n\nNOTICE OF REVOCATION AND APPROVAL\n\nNotice No. 2 of 1999\n\nI, PETER KEASTON REITH, Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, under subsection 70(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 (in this notice referred to as “the Act”):\n\ni) revoke the Approved Code of Practice on the Control and Safe Use of Inorganic Lead at Work, Notice No. 1 of 1995, published in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 49, of 13 December 1995; and\n\nii) approve the Code of Practice on the Control and Safe Use of Inorganic Lead in Commonwealth Employment, as a code of practice which is to apply generally for the purposes of the Act\n\non and from the date of publication of this Notice in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.\n\nThe Third day of March 1999\n\nPeter Reith\n\nMinister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1707},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice performs a routine replacement of a specific code of practice under the Act. It does not expand the scope of the legislation beyond occupational health and safety for Commonwealth employment; it merely updates the technical safety standards for inorganic lead exposure."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 3 paragraphs)","Single straightforward administrative action with no conditional logic","No defined terms or interpretation section","Minimal cross-referencing (only cites the empowering section of the parent Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice updates safety rules for federal government workers who handle inorganic lead (a toxic metal used in various industries).\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes** (cancels) the 1995 safety code about lead handling\n- **Approves** a new, updated safety code to replace it\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Commonwealth employees (federal government workers)\n- Federal agencies and employers\n\n**Why it matters:**\nLead exposure can cause serious health problems including neurological damage. This notice ensures federal workplaces follow current best practices for protecting workers from lead hazards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c2010l00029","history":"/api/acts/c2010l00029/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c2010l00029/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c2010l00029/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c2010l00029/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c2010l00029/documents"}}