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Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989

Jurisdiction Australia - Australian Capital Territory
Year 1989
Published in English
Source In: Australian Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare, CCH Autralia Ltd., CNR Talavera and Khartoum Roads, Box 230, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, Vol.3, 45p. (pages numbered 90,011 - 90,095).
Serial number CCH Australia - 95-050
Descriptors [Primary] Australia, Australian Capital Territory, occupational safety and health
[Secondary] law, national organization, responsibilities of employees, responsibilities of employers, safety and health committees, safety service records
Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work
Abstract This Act (No.18 of 1989) was published in the A.C.T. Gazette on 14 Nov. 1989. This text includes modifications introduced by Regulation No.13 of 1991. Contents: interpretation; establishment, functions and powers of an Occupational Health and Safety Council; duties relating to occupational health and safety (of employers, those in control of workplaces, employees, etc.); workplace arrangements (health and safety representatives, access to information, provisional improvement notices, emergency procedures, health and safety committees); inspectors; issuing of and compliance with improvement and prohibition notices; review of decisions; miscellaneous (records of accidents, issuing of codes of practice, protected information, prohibition of interference with safety equipment or workplace notices, prohibition of discrimination, etc.).
CIS No. 92-1752
Database ID 59176

 

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