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Document ID (ISN)33385
CIS number 80-894
ISBN(s) 0-642-01588-0
Year 1979
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Commonwealth Department of Productivity.
Title Safety and Health at Work - Summary of legislation.
Bibliographic information Occupational Safety and Health Working Environment Series 4, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Australia, 1979. 31p.
Abstract Summary of Australian Commonwealth and State Acts, regulations and other statutory instruments concerning all aspects of occupational safety and health (OSH) listed and analysed under the following headings: constitutional position (role of Commonwealth and State governments in OSH legislation); statutory responsibilities (Commonwealth and State labour inspectorates); scope of State Acts (by State: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory); industries and occupations covered; occupational diseases; workers' compensation; civil liability aspects; comparative examples of OSH legislation in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Sweden. Annex:classiffied list of Australian OSH legislation currently in force, by State, indicating industrial sectors, hazards and other OSH aspects regulated.
Descriptors (primary) Australia; labour inspection; legislation
Descriptors (secondary) role of government; directory; schedule of occupational diseases; workmen's compensation
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Administration, legislation
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Labour inspection