Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
specified means specified in an instrument under
this section;
workplace has the meaning given by the
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 .
(2) The Minister and
the Minister for the time being administering the
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 may, by instrument in writing,
jointly declare that for a specified period —
(a) this
Act; or
(b) any
specified provision of this Act,
applies, to the
exclusion of any inconsistent provision of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 , to or in relation
to —
(c) a
specified workplace, or a specified part of a workplace, as if it were a mine
or a part of a mine; and
(d) a
specified activity as if it were a mining operation; and
(e) a
specified act, matter or thing as if it were an act, matter or thing to which
this Act applies.
(3) The reference in
subsection (2) to any inconsistent provision of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 does not include any provision of
Part II of that Act.
(4) An instrument
under this section may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature
in relation to the application of this Act or the
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 to any person, activity, matter
or thing.
(5) An instrument
under this section is subsidiary legislation for the purposes of the
Interpretation Act 1984 .
[Section 6A inserted by No. 68 of 2004
s. 89.]