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Work Health and Safety Act 2011
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152 Functions of regulator
The regulator has the following functions:
(a) to advise and make recommendations to the Minister and report
on the operation and effectiveness of this Act;
(b) to monitor and enforce compliance with this Act;
(c) to provide advice and information on work health and safety to
duty-holders under this Act and to the community;
(d) to collect, analyse and publish statistics relating to work health
and safety;
(e) to foster a cooperative, consultative relationship between
duty-holders and the persons to whom they owe duties and their
representatives in relation to work health and safety matters;
(f) to promote and support education and training on matters
relating to work health and safety;
(g) to engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information
to achieve the object of this Act, including the sharing of
information with a corresponding regulator;
(h) to conduct and defend proceedings under this Act before a court
or tribunal;
(i) any other function given to the regulator by this Act or another
territory law.