{"id":"C2010L00028","name":"Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1991 - Notice of Revocation and Approval - Notice No. 1 of 1999","slug":"occupational-health-and-safety-commonwealth-employees-act-1991-notice-of-revocation-and-approval-not","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":28411,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2010L00028-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1991 - Notice of Revocation and Approval - Notice No. 1 of 1999","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nOCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991\n\nNOTICE OF REVOCATION AND APPROVAL\n\nNotice No. 1 of 1999\n\nI, PETER KEASTON REITH, Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, under subsection 70 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 Carcinogens, 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 of Scheduled Carcinogenic Substances 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":1678},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice performs a straightforward replacement of a code of practice under the Act. It updates the specific safety standards for carcinogenic substances without expanding the scope of regulated activities, entities, or the Minister's powers."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (2 operative paragraphs)","Only one legislative reference (subsection 70)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple administrative action (revoke old code, approve new code)","No conditional provisions, exceptions, or cross-references"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial notice **updates safety rules for handling cancer-causing chemicals** in Australian Government workplaces.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes** (cancels) the 1995 *Approved Code of Practice on Carcinogens*\n- **Approves** a new *Code of Practice on the Control of Scheduled Carcinogenic Substances*\n- The changes apply to **Commonwealth employment** (federal public sector workers and workplaces)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThe notice ensures federal employees work under current safety standards when handling \"scheduled carcinogenic substances\" — specific chemicals legally recognized as capable of causing cancer that require strict handling controls.\n\n**When it takes effect:**\nFrom the date of publication in the *Commonwealth of Australia Gazette* (3 March 1999)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/occupational-health-and-safety-commonwealth-employees-act-1991-notice-of-revocation-and-approval-not","history":"/api/acts/occupational-health-and-safety-commonwealth-employees-act-1991-notice-of-revocation-and-approval-not/history","analysis":"/api/acts/occupational-health-and-safety-commonwealth-employees-act-1991-notice-of-revocation-and-approval-not/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/occupational-health-and-safety-commonwealth-employees-act-1991-notice-of-revocation-and-approval-not/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/occupational-health-and-safety-commonwealth-employees-act-1991-notice-of-revocation-and-approval-not/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/occupational-health-and-safety-commonwealth-employees-act-1991-notice-of-revocation-and-approval-not/documents"}}