Chapter 1 : Model WHS Laws Safe Work Australia in conjunction with the Work Health and Safety Act, the Work Health and Safety Regulations and any other relevant legislation. You can find copies at the WorkSafe Tasmania website. Commencement Division 2 - Object 3. Object Division 3 - Interpretation Subdivision 1 - Definitions 4. Definitions Subdivision 2 - Other important terms 5. Meaning of person conducting a business or undertaking 6. Meaning of supply 7. Meaning of worker 8. Meaning of workplace 9. Examples and notes Division 4 - Application of Act Act binds the Crown Principles that apply to duties Duties not transferable Person may have more than 1 duty More than 1 person can have a duty Management of risks Subdivision 2 - What is reasonably practicable What is reasonably practicable in ensuring health and safety Division 2 - Primary duty of care Primary duty of care Division 3 - Further duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings involving management or control of workplaces Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings involving management or control of fixtures, fittings or plant at workplaces Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that design plant, substances or structures Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that manufacture plant, substances or structures Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that import plant, substances or structures Duties of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that supply plant, substances or structures Duty of persons conducting businesses or undertakings that install, construct or commission plant or structures Division 4 - Duty of officers, workers and other persons Duty of officers Duties of workers Duties of other persons at the workplace Division 5 - Offences and penalties Health and safety duty Reckless conduct Category 1 Failure to comply with health and safety duty Category 2 Failure to comply with health and safety duty Category 3 What is a notifiable incident What is a serious injury or illness What is a dangerous incident Duty to notify of notifiable incidents Meaning of authorised Requirements for authorisation of workplaces Requirements for authorisation of plant or substance Requirements for authorisation of work Requirements for prescribed qualifications or experience Requirement to comply with conditions of authorisation PART 5 - Consultation, Representation and Participation Division 1 - Consultation, cooperation and coordination between duty holders Duty to consult with other duty holders Division 2 - Consultation with workers Duty to consult workers Nature of consultation When consultation is required Division 3 - Health and safety representatives Subdivision 1 - Request for election of health and safety representatives Request for election of health and safety representative Subdivision 2 - Determination of work groups Determination of work groups Negotiations for agreement for work group Notice to workers Failure of negotiations Subdivision 3 - Multiple-business work groups Determination of work groups of multiple businesses Negotiation of agreement for work groups of multiple businesses Withdrawal from negotiations or agreement involving multiple businesses Effect of Subdivision on other arrangements Subdivision 4 - Election of health and safety representatives Eligibility to be elected Procedure for election of health and safety representatives Eligibility to vote When election not required Term of office of health and safety representative Disqualification of health and safety representatives Immunity of health and safety representatives Deputy health and safety representatives Subdivision 5 - Powers and functions of health and safety representatives Powers and functions of health and safety representatives Powers and functions generally limited to the particular work group Subdivision 6 - Obligations of person conducting business or undertaking to health and safety representatives General obligations of person conducting business or undertaking Obligation to train health and safety representatives Obligation to share costs if multiple businesses or undertakings List of health and safety representatives Division 4 - Health and safety committees Health and safety committees Constitution of committee Functions of committee Meetings of committee Duties of person conducting business or undertaking Division 5 - Issue resolution Parties to an issue Resolution of health and safety issues Referral of issue to regulator for resolution by inspector Division 6 - Right to cease or direct cessation of unsafe work Definition of cease work under this Division Right of worker to cease unsafe work Health and safety representative may direct that unsafe work cease Worker to notify if ceases work Continuity of Page 1
engagement of worker Request to regulator to appoint inspector to assist Division 7 - Provisional improvement notices Provisional improvement notices Provisional improvement notice to be in writing Contents of provisional improvement notice Provisional improvement notice may give directions to remedy contravention Minor changes to provisional improvement notice Issue of provisional improvement notice Health and safety representative may cancel notice Display of provisional improvement notice Formal irregularities or defects in notice Offence to contravene a provisional improvement notice Request for review of provisional improvement notice Regulator to appoint inspector to review notice Decision of inspector on review of provisional improvement notice Division 8 - Part not to apply to prisoners Prohibition of discriminatory conduct What is discriminatory conduct What is a prohibited reason Prohibition of requesting, instructing, inducing, encouraging, authorising or assisting discriminatory conduct Prohibition of coercion or inducement Page 2
Chapter 2 : Visitors - Work Health and Safety University of Tasmania Work Health and Safety Act You are directed to information on how your personal information is protected. You are directed to a disclaimer and copyright notice governing the information provided. Â The State of Tasmania (The Department of Premier and Cabinet) (Ver. Rev. ). These codes are effective in Tasmania on and from 1 October Click on below links to acces a full copy of the code pdf and word versions available. This Code provides guidance to principal contractors and other persons conducting a business or undertaking who carry out construction work on how to meet the health and safety requirements under the WHS Act and Regulations relating to construction work. This code should be read in conjunction with other codes of practice on specific hazards and control measures relevant to the construction industry. This Code provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage the health and safety risks associated with the demolition work. This Code applies to all types of demolition work. This Code provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage the health and safety risks associated with excavation work. This Code applies to all types of excavation work, including bulk excavations more than 1. This Code of Practice provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to comply with duties under the WHS Act and Regulations to provide adequate first aid facilities in the workplace. It includes information on first aid kits, procedures, facilities and training for first aiders. This Code provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to manage the risk of musculoskeletal disorders arising from hazardous manual tasks in the workplace. It applies to all types of work and all workplaces where manual tasks are carried out. This Code provides practical guidance for persons who have duties under the WHS Act and Regulations to manage risks to health and safety. The duty is placed on persons conducting a business or undertaking, including employers, self-employed, principal contractors, persons with management or control of a workplace, designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant, substances or structures that are used for work. This Code provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking who have duties under the WHS Act and WHS Regulations to safely remove asbestos from all workplaces including structures, plant and equipment. This Code provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on managing electrical risks in the workplace. It applies to all workplaces where a person conducting a business or undertaking: This Code provides practical guidance on how to manage health and safety risks associated with hazardous chemicals for persons conducting a business or undertaking who use chemicals in their workplace. This code provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking, including those persons who design, construct, import, supply or install plant or structures, on how to manage health and safety risks arising from falls. This Code provides practical guidance to persons who conduct a business or undertaking and have management or control of plant in the workplace, as well as to persons who install and commission plant. It includes information about specific control measures required under the WHS Regulations for plant generally. This Code provides practical guidance for persons conducting a business or undertaking on how to eliminate, or if that is not possible, minimise the risk of falls from height in housing construction. The Code provides practical guidance to persons conducting a business or undertaking who design structures that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace. This includes architects, building designers and engineers. This code provides practical guidance on how to consult with workers and how to consult, cooperate and coordinate activities with other duty holders as part of managing health and safety risks. Page 3
Chapter 3 : Work Health Safety Laws - Work Health and Safety University of Tasmania An Act to secure the health, safety and welfare of persons at work and for related purposes [Royal Assent 18 April ] Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the. Determination of safety management system 7. Meaning of supply 9. Provisions linked to health and safety duties in Act Application of the Act to dangerous goods and high risk plant Application of these regulations Assessment of risk in relation to a class of hazards, tasks, circumstances or things Documents incorporated as in force when incorporated Inconsistencies between provisions References to standards Negotiations for and determination of work groups Matters to be taken into account in negotiations Procedures for election of health and safety representatives Person conducting business or undertaking must not delay election Removal of health and safety representatives Training for health and safety representatives Continuity of engagement of worker Training requirements for WHS entry permits Form of WHS entry permit Register of WHS entry permit holders Specific requirements must be complied with Duty to identify hazards Managing risks to health and safety Hierarchy of control measures Maintenance of control measures Review of control measures Provision of information, training and instruction Duty in relation to general workplace facilities Duty to provide and maintain adequate and accessible facilities Duty to provide first aid Duty to prepare, maintain and implement emergency plan Provision to workers and use of personal protective equipment Personal protective equipment used by other persons Duties of worker Duty of person other than worker Remote or isolated work Ensuring exposure standards for substances and mixtures not exceeded Monitoring airborne contaminant levels Flammable and combustible material not to be accumulated Management of risk of falling objects Minimising risk associated with falling objects Meaning of exposure standard for noise Managing risk of hearing loss from noise Duty of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant Duty of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or structures Confined spaces to which this Part applies Application to emergency service workers Duty to eliminate or minimise risk Entry into confined space must comply with this Division Confined space entry permit Communication and safety monitoring Personal protective equipment in emergencies Information, training and instruction for workers Confined space entry permit and risk assessment must be kept Management of risk of fall Specific requirements to minimise risk of fall Emergency and rescue procedures Licence required to carry out high risk work Recognition of high risk work licences in other jurisdictions Duty of person conducting business or undertaking to ensure direct supervision Who may apply for a licence Application for high risk work licence Decision on application Matters to be taken into account Conditions of licence Duration of licence Licence document to be available Reassessment of competency of licence holder Notice of change of address Licence holder to return licence Replacement licence document Voluntary surrender of licence Regulator may renew licence Application for renewal Licence continues in force until application is decided Renewal of expired licence Provisions relating to renewal of licence Status of licence during review Suspension or cancellation of licence Matters taken into account Notice to and submissions by licence holder Notice of decision Licence holder to return licence document Regulator to return licence document after suspension Accreditation required to assess competency for high risk work licence Accredited assessor must act in accordance with accreditation Regulator may accredit assessors Application for accreditation Conditions of accreditation Duration of accreditation Accreditation document to be available Changes to information Accredited assessor to return accreditation document Replacement accreditation document Voluntary surrender of accreditation Regulator may renew accreditation Accreditation continues in force until application is decided Provisions relating to application Regulator may suspend or cancel accreditation Suspension or cancellation of accreditation Chapter 4 : WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT Laws. Find the acts and regulations that govern work health and safety, compensation, long service leave, public Page 4
holidays and more. Also find practical, user-friendly codes of practice that help you comply with the safety laws; and other guides about the laws. Chapter 5 : Model Work Health and Safety Act Safe Work Australia Deputy health and safety representatives Subdivision 5 - Powers and functions of health and safety representatives Powers and functions of health and safety representatives Powers and functions generally limited to the particular work group Subdivision 6 - Obligations of person conducting business or undertaking to health and safety. Chapter 6 : Chapter 16 - Work Health and Safety - Minter Ellison The principal WHS law in Tasmania consists of the Work Health and Safety Act (Tas), supported by the Work Health and Safety Regulations (Tas). This legislation, which took effect on 1 January, is based on the national model WHS legislation developed by Safe Work Australia in consultation with the states and territories. Chapter 7 : Complete Fire Safety, Tasmania No 40 of assented to 1 South Australia Work Health and Safety Act An Act to provide for the health, safety and welfare of persons at work; to make. Chapter 8 : View - Tasmanian Legislation Online Tasmania's Work Health and Safety Act (No 1) received Assent on 18 April Due to commence 1 January, the Act makes Tasmania the sixth jurisdiction to join the 'harmonised' work health and safety regime. Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia have yet to pass. Chapter 9 : Tasmaniaâ s Work Health and Safety Act (No 1) receives Assent Safe Work Australia leads the development of national policy to improve work health and safety and workers' compensation arrangements across Australia. It does not regulate or enforce WHS legislation. As a business owner, you must meet the WHS requirements set out in the acts and regulations in. Page 5