OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991
Table of Provisions
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Objects
- 4 Saving of certain State and Territory laws
- 5 Interpretation
- 6 Act not to prejudice national security
- 7 Act not to prejudice Australia's defence
- 8 Act not to prejudice certain police operations
- 9 Employees
- 10 Commonwealth to act through employing authority
- 11 Extent to which Act binds the Crown
- 12 Functions conferred on Commission
- 13 Application of Act to external Territories etc.
- 14 Application of Act to workplaces controlled by contractors
- 15 Application of Act to employees working in non-Commonwealth premises
- 16 Duties of employers in relation to their employees etc.
- 17 Duty of employers in relation to third parties
- 18 Duties of manufacturers in relation to plant and substances
- 19 Duties of suppliers in relation to plant and substances
- 20 Duties of person erecting or installing plant in a workplace
- 21 Duties of employees in relation to occupational health and safety
- 22 Reliance on information supplied or results of research
- 23 Regulations relating to occupational health and safety
- 24 Designated work groups
- 25 Health and safety representatives
- 26 Term of office
- 27 Training of health and safety representatives
- 28 Powers of health and safety representatives
- 29 Provisional improvement notices
- 30 Duties of employers in relation to health and safety representatives
- 31 Resignation etc. of health and safety representative
- 32 Disqualification of health and safety representatives
- 34 Health and safety committees
- 36 Duties of employers in relation to health and safety committees
- 37 Action by health and safety representatives
- 38 Directions to perform other work
- 39 Commission may refer persons seeking advice to experts
- 40 Appointment of investigators
- 41 Investigations
- 42 Power of entry
- 43 Power to require assistance and information
- 44 Power to take possession of plant, take samples of substances etc.
- 45 Power to direct that workplace etc. not be disturbed
- 46 Power to issue prohibition notices
- 47 Power to issue improvement notices
- 48 Appeals
- 49 Liability of investigators
- 50 Notices not to be tampered with or removed
- 51 Arrangements with States for services of State officers
- 52 Application
- 53 Report of investigation
- 54 Power to obtain information and documents
- 55 Commission may conduct public inquiry
- 56 Power to summon witnesses
- 57 Failure of witness to attend
- 58 Power to administer oath or affirmation
- 59 Refusal to be sworn or to answer questions
- 60 Protection of members and witnesses
- 61 Contempt of Commission
- 62 Powers of Commission in relation to documents produced
- 63 Allowances to witnesses
- 64 Witness not to be prejudiced in employment
- 65 Report to be given to Minister in certain circumstances
- 66 Report to be given to Minister of failures to comply with directions etc.
- 67 Delegation by Commission
- 68 Notification and reporting of accidents and dangerous occurrences
- 69 Records of accidents and dangerous occurrences to be kept
- 70 Codes of practice
- 71 Use of codes of practice in proceedings
- 72 Interference etc. with equipment etc.
- 73 Employer not to levy employees etc.
- 74 Certain matters to be included in annual reports
- 75 Annual report of Commission
- 76 Employer not to dismiss etc. employees on certain grounds
- 77 Institution of prosecutions
- 78 Conduct of directors, servants and agents
- 79 Act not to give rise to other liabilities etc.
- 80 Effect of contravention of Act etc. on contracts of employment etc.
- 81 Circumstances preventing compliance with Act may be defence to prosecution
- 82 Regulations
