Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) ACT 1993 No. 10, 1994 - SECT 3

3. The objects of this Act are:

   (a)  to secure the health, safety and welfare at work of maritime industry
        employees; and

   (b)  to protect persons at or near workplaces from risks to health and
        safety arising out of the activities of maritime industry employees at
        work; and

   (c)  to ensure that expert advice is available on occupational health and
        safety matters affecting maritime industry operators, maritime
        industry employees and maritime industry contractors; and

   (d)  to promote an occupational environment for maritime industry employees
        that is adapted to their health and safety needs; and

   (e)  to foster a cooperative consultative relationship between maritime
        industry operators and maritime industry employees on the health,
        safety and welfare of maritime industry employees at work.