Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
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Part 4 or the Regulations including providing for: (a) applications for the grant, issue, renewal, variation, suspension and cancellation of authorisations, including the minimum age to be eligible for an authorisation; and
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 160 (b) the evidence and information to be provided in relation to applications including the provision of statutory declarations; and (c) exemptions; and (d) variations of authorisations by the regulator whether on application or otherwise; and (e) authorisation of persons as trainers and assessors; and (f) examination of applicants for authorisations; and (g) conditions of authorisations; and (h) fees for applications for the grant, issue, renewal and variation of authorisations. 7.2 The recognition of authorisations under corresponding WHS laws and exceptions to recognition. 7.3 The sharing of information with corresponding regulators relating to the grant, issue, renewal, variation, suspension or cancellation of authorisations. 8 Work groups Matters relating to work groups and variation of work groups and agreements or variations of agreements relating to the determination of work groups. 9 Health and safety committees and health and safety Matters relating to health and safety committees and health and safety representatives. 10 Issue resolution Matters relating to issue resolution including: (a) the minimum requirements for an agreed procedure for resolving an issue; and (b) the requirements for a default issue resolution procedure where there is no agreed procedure.
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 161 11 WHS entry permits Matters relating to WHS entry permits, including providing for: (a) eligibility for WHS entry permits; and (b) procedures for applications for WHS entry permits and objections to applications for WHS entry permits; and (c) conditions of WHS entry permits; and (d) the form of WHS entry permits; and (e) requirements for training; and (f) records of WHS entry permits. 12 Identity cards Matters relating to identity cards. 13 Forfeiture Matters relating to: (a) costs of forfeiture and disposal of forfeited things; and (b) disposal of seized things and forfeited things. 14 Review of decisions Matters relating to the review of decisions under the Regulations including: (a) prescribing decisions as reviewable decisions for the purposes of Part 12 or for the purposes of the Regulations; and (b) prescribing procedures for internal and external review of decisions under the Regulations; and (c) conferring jurisdiction on the Work Health Court to conduct reviews under the Regulations.
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 162 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (Act No. 39, 2011) Assent date 14 December 2011 Commenced 1 January 2012 (Gaz S78, 30 December 2011) Local Government Amendment Act 2014 (Act No. 19, 2014) Assent date 2 June 2014 Commenced s 16: 1 July 2014; s 18: 1 December 2014; rem: 2 June 2014 (s 2) Correctional Services (Related and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 27, 2014) Assent date 4 September 2014 Commenced 9 September 2014 (Gaz S80, 9 September 2014, p 2) Local Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016) Assent date 6 April 2016 Commenced 1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34, 29 April 2016) Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Amendment Act 2019 (Act No. 37, 2019) Assent date 10 December 2019 Commenced 1 February 2020 (Gaz G4, 29 January 2020, p 2) 3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: ss 1, 103, 108, 160, 187, 243, 276, 277, 278 and 284 and sch 2.