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Document ID (ISN)61391
CIS number 93-1756
Year 1967
Convention or series no. CCH Australia 58-750
Title Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 [Australia]
Bibliographic information In: Australian Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare, CCH Australia Ltd., CNR Talavera & Khartoum Roads, Box 230, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia, Vol.2, 26p. (pages numbered 52,801 - 52,904).
Abstract This Commonwealth (federal) law (No.118 of 1967, assented to on 22 Nov. 1967) concerns offshore oil exploration and extraction. It covers, among others, the safety and health aspects of this business (the only part microfiched by CIS), such as: general duties concerning OSH of employers, manufacturers, suppliers, employees, etc.; workplace arrangements (health and safety representatives and committees, emergency procedures); advice and investigations; miscellaneous (notification and records of accidents and dangerous occurrences, codes of practice, annual OSH reports, protection against dismissal of workers complaining of OSH problems).
Descriptors (primary) offshore oil extraction; Australia
Descriptors (secondary) notification of occupational accidents; emergency organization; responsibilities; safety and health committees; law
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceAustralia
Subject(s) Laws
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Petroleum and natural gas industry