Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 1995

- Act 13 of 1995
- Royal Assent 24 July 1995

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      1. Short title
   2.      2. Commencement
   3.      3. Interpretation
   3A.     3A. Application of other Acts
   4.      4. Act binds Crown

   PART 2 - Functions and Powers of Secretary and Board

   5.      5. Secretary
   6.      6. WorkCover Tasmania Board
   7.      7. Advisory committees
   8.      8. Confidentiality

   PART 3 - Duties and Obligations Relating to Workplace Health and
   Safety

   9.      9. Duties of employers
   10.     10. Responsible officer
   11.     11. Duties of responsible officer
   12.     12. Obstruction of responsible officer
   13.     13. Duties of self-employed persons
   14.     14. Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers, suppliers and
           installers
   14A.    14A. Order to recall, destroy, &c., plant, substances or
           structures
   14B.    14B. Service providers
   15.     15. Persons in control of workplaces, &c.
   16.     16. Duties of employees
   17.     17. Refusal to work
   18.     18. Discrimination against employees
   19.     19. Consumption of alcohol and drugs
   20.     20. Interference, misuse, &c.
   21.     21. Duties to be satisfied by each person
   22.     22. Codes of practice

   PART 4 - Designated Workplaces

   23.     23. Designated workplaces
   24.     24. Appointment of responsible officer at designated workplaces
   25.     25. Record book

   PART 5 - Health and Safety Committees and Employees' Safety
   Representatives

   26.     26. Health and safety committees
   27.     27. Composition of health and safety committee
   28.     28. Functions of health and safety committees
   29.     29. Inspection of workplace
   30.     30. Meetings
   31.     31. Duties of employers in relation to health and safety
           committees
   32.     32. Employees' safety representatives

   PART 6 - Administration

   33.     33. Director of Industry Safety
   34.     34. Appointment of inspectors
   35.     35. Chief Inspector of Mines
   36.     36. Powers and functions of inspectors
   37.     37. Offences in relation to inspector
   37A.    37A. Offences relating to qualifications, &c.
   38.     38. Power of inspector in respect of safety and health risks
   39.     39. Prevention of accidents and risks to health
   40.     40. Notice to remedy building defects, &c.
   41.     41. Right of appeal
   42.     42. Order to secure compliance
   43.     43. Inspector not to divulge information nor to have financial
           interest
   44.     44. Protection from liability
   45.     45. 
   46.     46. 

   PART 6A - Infringement notices

   46A.    46A. Infringement notices
   46B.    46B. Payments to Board
   46C.    46C. 
   46D.    46D. 
   46E.    46E. 
   46F.    46F. 
   46G.    46G. 
   46H.    46H. 
   46I.    46I. 

   PART 7 - Miscellaneous

   47.     47. Notice of serious accidents and dangerous incidents to be
           given
   48.     48. Interference with accident sites
   49.     49. Plant hired for use at workplace
   50.     50. Delegation by Secretary
   51.     51. Delegation by Director
   52.     52. Annual report
   52A.    52A. Recovery of costs
   53.     53. Offences by bodies corporate
   54.     54. Evidentiary provisions
   55.     55. Time for instituting proceedings for offences
   55A.    55A. Enforcement of undertakings
   56.     56. Variation of application of requirements of regulations in
           certain circumstances
   57.     57. Regulations
   58.     58. Repeal
   59.     59. Savings and transitional provisions
   60.     60. Administration of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3


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