Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 Jurisdiction Australia - Queensland Year 1995 Published in English Source Offprint from the Queensland Government Gazette, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1995. 120p. Serial number Act No.25 of 1995 Online availability [English] http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/W/WorkplHSaA95.pdf, [English] http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/whasa1995250/ Descriptors [Primary] Australia, Queensland, occupational safety and health [Secondary] labour inspection, law, penalties, responsibilities of employers, safety and health committees, safety and health organization, safety officers Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract This Act (assented to on 11 Apr. 1995, commenced on 1 July 1995), replaces the 1989 Act by the same title (CIS 90-1402). Contents: scope of the Act (excluded areas: mines, petroleum industry, use of explosives, public safety, radioactive substances, traffic, marine safety); definitions; workplace health and safety obligations (by employers, manufacturers, suppliers, owners of high risk plant, workers etc.); compliance standards; advisory standards; industry consultative arrangements (establishment and role of the Workplace Health and Safety Council and of industry committees); workplace consultative arrangements (workplace health and safety representatives and committees); workplace health and safety officers; inspectors (appointment, general powers, improvement and prohibition notices, other investigative powers, other enforcement matters); boards of inquiry; appeals; legal proceedings; offences; issuing of regulations; transitional provisions. Regulations issued and codes of practice approved under the previous Act remain in force until 1 July 1996, unless repealed earlier. In annex: list of offences and penalties; list of plant specified as "high risk"; dictionary of defined terms. CIS No. 96-391 Database ID 66398