Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017
15Date of effect of amendments to incorporated documents
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15 Date of effect of amendments to incorporated documents
(1) If the effect of an amendment to any document applied, adopted or incorporated by these Regulations is to prohibit an activity, process or thing, the amendment takes effect on the day after it is published, or on any later date specified in the document by which the amendment was made.
(2) If the effect of an amendment to any document applied, adopted or incorporated by these Regulations is to impose a new obligation (other than the prohibition of an activity, process or thing) or to alter an existing obligation under these Regulations, a person may choose to comply with these Regulations as if the amendment had not been made until the expiry of 6 months after the date the amendment takes effect.