240Section 274 (approved codes of practice)

240 Section 274 (approved codes of practice)

Section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act applies as if it were substituted with the following section:

274 Approved codes of practice

(1) The regulations may prescribe codes of practice in relation to persons conducting businesses or undertakings that involve work in the nature of offshore infrastructure activities that is carried out in the Commonwealth offshore area. (2) A code of practice prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) is taken to be an approved code of practice for the purposes of this Act. (3) A person is not liable to any civil or criminal proceedings for contravening a code of practice.