{"id":"F2006B00652","name":"Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 - Notice of Revocation and Approval (Notice No. 1 of 2004)","slug":"f2006b00652","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":331874,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00652-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"NOTICE OF REVOCATION AND APPROVAL","sectionType":"part","heading":"NOTICE OF REVOCATION AND APPROVAL","content":"# NOTICE OF REVOCATION AND APPROVAL","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Notice No. 1 of 2004","sectionType":"part","heading":"Notice No. 1 of 2004","content":"# Notice No. 1 of 2004\n\nI, Kevin Andrews, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, under subsection 70 (1) of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 (the Act):\n\ni) revoke the Code of Practice for Health Care Workers and Other People at Risk of the Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B in the Workplace, approved by the Notice of Approval No. 1 of 1994.\n\nii) approve the Code of Practice for the Control of Work-related Exposure to Hepatitis and HIV Viruses in Australian Government Employment.\n\nUnder sub-section 70(4)(a) of the Act the code of practice approved at paragraph (ii) above is to apply generally.\n\nThe revocation and the approval will each come into effect on and from the date of publication of this notice in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.\n\nDated 10 day of August 2004\n\nKEVIN ANDREWS\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1372},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The approved code expands coverage from healthcare-specific workers (under the 1994 code) to all Australian Government employment, significantly widening the category of protected workers beyond medical settings."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (less than one page)","Simple binary structure (revocation and replacement)","Only two operative paragraphs with clear cross-references to the enabling Act","No defined terms or conditional logic in the notice itself"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This is a ministerial notice that updates safety rules for Commonwealth government workers regarding blood-borne viruses.\n\n**Key changes:**\n*   **Revokes** an old 1994 safety code that only covered healthcare workers and others at high risk of catching HIV or Hepatitis B on the job.\n*   **Approves** a new 2004 code that applies to **all** Australian Government employment (not just healthcare), covering both Hepatitis and HIV viruses.\n\n**Who it affects:** Commonwealth public servants and other federal government employees whose work might expose them to blood-borne viruses.\n\n**Why it matters:** It broadens protections beyond hospitals and clinics to cover any federal workplace where employees might encounter these viruses (for example, emergency services, corrections, or cleaning services). The new rules take effect as soon as this notice is published in the official government Gazette."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2006b00652","history":"/api/acts/f2006b00652/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2006b00652/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2006b00652/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2006b00652/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2006b00652/documents"}}