4Incorporation of Act into Work Health and Safety Act 2012

4 Incorporation of Act into Work Health and Safety Act 2012

(1)  This Act is to be incorporated in, and read together with, the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 as a single Act and accordingly –

(a) subject to subsection (2) , words and expressions that are used in this Act or regulations made under this Act and that are defined in the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 have, unless the contrary intention appears, the same respective meanings; and

(b) a reference in the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 to "this Act" includes, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to this Act and any regulations made under this Act; and

(ba) [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2020, s. 5, Applied:27 Dec 2020] a reference in any regulations made under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 to these regulations includes, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to any regulations made under this Act; and

(c) a reference in any regulations made under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 to "the Act" includes, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to this Act and any regulations made under this Act; and

(d) a reference in any regulations made under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 to a matter "under the Act" includes, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to any regulations made under this Act.

Note [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 39 of 2020, s. 5, Applied:27 Dec 2020] For example, section 191 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 relates to the issuing of an improvement notice in respect of a contravention of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (by reference to this Act). As a result of subsection (1)(b), an improvement notice may also be issued in respect of the as the reference in section 191 to now includes both Acts.