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Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1991 - Notice of Revocation and Approval - Notice No. 1 of 1999

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This ministerial notice updates safety rules for handling cancer-causing chemicals in Australian Government workplaces.

What it does:

Revokes (cancels) the 1995 Approved Code of Practice on Carcinogens
Approves a new Code of Practice on the Control of Scheduled Carcinogenic Substances
The changes apply to Commonwealth employment (federal public sector workers and workplaces)

Why it matters: The 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.

When it takes effect: From the date of publication in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (3 March 1999).

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Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1991 - Notice of Revocation and Approval - Notice No. 1 of 1999

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991

NOTICE OF REVOCATION AND APPROVAL

Notice No. 1 of 1999

I, 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”):

i) 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

ii) 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

on and from the date of publication of this Notice in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.

The Third day of March 1999

Peter Reith

Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business

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