134Operation of workplace health and safety laws

134 Operation of workplace health and safety laws

(1) This Act does not exclude the operation of any of the following laws (a workplace health and safety law): (a) the Work Health and Safety Act 2011; (b) a corresponding WHS law (within the meaning of that Act). (2) Subsections (3), (4) and (5) do not apply to a provision of a workplace health and safety law that is capable of concurrent operation with this Act. (3) A provision of this Act does not: (a) prohibit the doing of an act; or (b) impose a civil or criminal liability for doing an act; if the doing of that act is specifically authorised or required, by or under, a provision of a workplace health and safety law. (4) A provision of this Act does not: (a) require the doing of an act; or (b) impose a civil or criminal liability for not doing an act; if the doing of that act is specifically prohibited by or under a provision of a workplace health and safety law. (5) A provision of this Act does not operate to the extent necessary to ensure that no inconsistency (including operational inconsistency) arises between: (a) a provision of this Act; and (b) a provision of a workplace health and safety law that would, but for this subsection, be inconsistent with the provision of this Act.