{"id":"F2005B00400","name":"Declaration under subsection 7(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 (10/04/1995)","slug":"f2005b00400","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":321465,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00400-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Declaration under subsection 7(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 (10/04/1995)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nOCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY  (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991\n\n \n\n \n\nDECLARATION\n\n \n\n \n\nPursuant to subsection 7(2) of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 ('the Act'), I, Admiral Alan Lee Beaumont, the Chief of the Defence Force, having consulted the Minister for Industrial Relations, hereby declare that section 68 of the Act does not apply in relation to those members of the Australian Defence Force ('ADF') who are involved in:\n\n \n\na. ADF operational deployments;\n\n \n\nb. ADF deployments in support of the United Nations; or\n\n \n\nc. organised ADF sporting activities.\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nA.L. BEAUMONT Admiral RAN\n\nChief of the Defence Force\n\n10 April 1995\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2287},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration operates strictly within the scope of section 7(2) of the parent Act, which explicitly authorises the Chief of the Defence Force to declare that specified provisions do not apply to ADF members. The content aligns precisely with this statutory power."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive provision (exemption of section 68)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple categorical list of three exempt activities","No conditional logic, cross-references, or exceptions within the exemption"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration suspends the Occupational Health and Safety Act’s \"stop work\" right for Australian Defence Force members, removing their legal ability to refuse unsafe tasks in specified military contexts. \n\nIt applies to personnel on operational deployments, UN missions, and organised ADF sporting activities, prioritising military orders and mission requirements over individual workplace safety protections in those situations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2005b00400","history":"/api/acts/f2005b00400/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2005b00400/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2005b00400/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2005b00400/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2005b00400/documents"}}