Work Health and Safety Act 2020
Div 5Establishment of various offices and bodies
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Division 5 — Establishment of various offices and bodies
12A. Effect of Schedule 1 15
Part 2 — Health and safety duties
Division 1 — Introductory
Subdivision 1 — Principles that apply to duties
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Principles that apply to duties 16
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Duties not transferable 16
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Person may have more than 1 duty 16
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More than 1 person can have a duty 16
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Management of risks 17
Subdivision 2 — What is reasonably practicable
- What is reasonably practicable in ensuring health and safety 17
Division 2 — Primary duty of care
- Primary duty of care 18
Division 3 — Further duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings
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Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings involving management or control of workplaces 20
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Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings involving management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant at workplaces 20
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Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that design plant, substances or structures 21
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Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that manufacture plant, substances or structures 23
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Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that import plant, substances or structures 25
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Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that supply plant, substances or structures 27
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Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that install, construct or commission plant or structures 29
26A. Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that provide services relating to work health and safety 30
Division 4 — Duty of officers, workers and other persons
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Duty of officers 32
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Duties of workers 33
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Duties of other persons at the workplace 34
Division 5 — Offences and penalties
- Terms used 34
Subdivision 2 — Industrial manslaughter
30A. Industrial manslaughter — crime 35