Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) ACT 1993 - SECT 9

                   The following additional functions are conferred on the Authority:

                     (a)  to ensure, in accordance with this Act and the regulations, that the obligations imposed by or under this Act and the regulations are complied with;

                     (b)  to advise operators, employees or contractors, either on its own initiative or on being asked, on occupational health and safety matters;

                     (c)  to collect, interpret and report information relating to occupational health and safety;

                     (d)  to formulate policies and strategies relating to the occupational health and safety of employees;

                     (e)  to accredit occupational health and safety training courses for the purposes of section 47;

                      (f)  to liaise with other bodies concerned with occupational health and safety;

                     (g)  to advise the Minister:

                              (i)  on the most effective means of giving effect to the objects of this Act; and

                             (ii)  on the making of regulations under this Act; and

                            (iii)  on the approval of codes of practice under subsection 109(1).