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AUS-2009-L-82502
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Safe Work Australia Act 2008 (No. 84, 2009).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Australia
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health
Adopted on (Date of text)
2009-09-18
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Replaces the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) with a new body, the Safe Work Australia (SWA), which has the key tasks of (a) developing national policy relating to OHS and workers' compensation and (b) preparing a model Act and model regulations relating to OHS.
Part 1 - Preliminary
Part 2 - Establishment and Functions of Safe Work Australia
Part 3 - Membership of Safe Work Australia
Part 4 - Planning by Safe Work Australia
Part 5 - Decision-making by Safe Work Australia
Part 6 - The CEO, Staff and Committees of Safe Work Australia, and others assisting
Part 7 - The Safe Work Australia Special Account
Part 8 - Miscellaneous
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2005-11-15 (AUS-2005-L-73093)
Australian Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005 (No. 134 of 2005).
Related text(s)
2008-12-18 (AUS-2008-L-81510)
Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2008 (No. 157, 2008).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Commonwealth of Australia Law (ComLaw)
Publisher
Attorney-General's Department
Country
Australia
URL
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/
File
AUS82502 2017.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act No. 93, 2017)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Act of Parliament
Publisher
Commonwealth Government Printer
Country
Australia
Date
2009
Number
(75/09)
Page range
47 p.
ISBN
978-1-47247-346-8