New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL WORKERS ACCOMMODATION ACT 1969 - SECT 21

21 Application of Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

(1) Parts 5, 6 and 7, and sections 136 and 137, of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (and any regulations under those provisions) extend to this Act (and its enforcement).

(2) Accordingly, for that purpose a reference in the applied provisions to that Act or those regulations includes a reference to this Act and the regulations under this Act.

(3) For the purposes of this section:

(a) premises that are used for accommodation provided for a rural worker for the purposes of this Act are taken to be a place of work, and

(b) in relation to such premises, the reference to the occupier of the premises in sections 57 (a) and 80 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 is taken to be a reference to the rural worker resident in premises.

(4) The regulations may make other provisions modifying the applied provisions for the purposes of this section.