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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Dr Gallop)
Occupational Safety and Health
Amendment Bill 1999
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health
Amendment Act 1999.
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2. Commencement
This Act commences on 1 July 2000.
3. Principal Act
In this Act the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984* is
5 referred to as the principal Act.
[* Reprinted as at 15 May 1996.
For subsequent amendments see 1998 Index to Legislation of
Western Australia, Table 1, p. 176.]
4. Section 3 amended
10 Subsection (1) of section 3 of the principal Act is amended
by --
(a) inserting after paragraph (b) in the definition of
"employee" the following --
" (c) a police officer; ";
15 (b) inserting after paragraph (b) in the definition of
"employer" the following --
" (c) a person by whom a police officer is employed;
";
(c) inserting after the definition of "plant" the following --
20 " "police officer" has the meaning given by section 5
of the Interpretation Act 1984; "; and
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(d) inserting after the definition of "transferred law" the
following --
" "work" in relation to a police officer means any
period of time during which a police officer is
5 performing a duty or function of his or her
office;
".
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