Edition 68, June 2009

ACT Work Safety Regulation up for comment

The Australian Capital Territory Minister for Industrial Relations John Hargreaves has released an exposure draft of the Work Safety Regulation 2009 for community consultation.

In August 2008 the Legislative Assembly passed the Work Safety Act 2008. This Act will come into effect on 1 October 2009 and will replace the existing Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989.

The work safety regulations will sit under the Act and provide additional detail on specific work safety issues, such as workplace arrangements, licensing high risk work and manual tasks at work.

The regulations will also cover the incorporation of the National Code of Practice for Induction for Construction Work into the ACT.

Individuals and organisations are invited to comment and make submissions on the draft regulations. Community views are important to ensure the new work safety legislation is effective, and responsive to the needs of the ACT workforce and business.

A discussion paper and workplace arrangements guide have been developed to assist the consultation process. The discussion paper provides an overview of the exposure draft, outlines the main provisions and the workplace arrangements guide brings together the provisions in Part 4 of the Act and the proposed workplace arrangements provisions in the regulations.

All comments and submissions must be received by Monday 20 July 2009.

To download the exposure draft, discussion paper and guide visit www.legislation.act.gov.au/ed/db_34673/default.asp

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