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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
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
s 4 amd No. 19, 2014, s 26; No. 37, 2019, s 4
s 5 amd No. 19, 2014, s 26
s 30 rep No. 37, 2019, s 5
pt 2
div 6 hdg ins No. 37, 2019, s 6
ss 34A – 34E ins No. 37, 2019, s 6
s 103 amd No. 27, 2014, s 57
s 167 amd No. 8, 2016, s 45
s 216 amd No. 37, 2019, s 7
s 231 sub No. 37, 2019, s 8
ss 231A –
231B ins No. 37, 2019, s 8
s 279 exp No. 39, 2011, s 279(3)
s 280 exp No. 39, 2011, s 280(3)
s 281 exp No. 39, 2011, s 281(3)
s 282 exp No. 39, 2011, s 282(3)
s 283 exp No. 39, 2011, s 283(2)