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WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2007 (NO 31 OF 2007)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Objects of Act
4. Definitions
5. Meaning of reasonably practicable
6. Act to bind the Territory and other jurisdictions
PART 2--ADMINISTRATION
Division 1--Work Health Authority
7. Work Health Authority continues
8. Constitution of Authority
9. Functions and powers of Authority
10. Ministerial control
Division 2--Inquiries
11. Authority's power to conduct inquiry
12. Authority's powers of inquiry
13. Conduct of examination
14. Non-compliance with notice or requirement
Division 3--Workplace safety officers
15. Workplace safety officers
16. Identity cards for workplace safety officers
17. Functions of workplace safety officer
Division 4--Confidential information
18. Duty to preserve confidentiality
19. Authority's power to disclose
Division 5--Immunity from liability
20. Immunity from liability
PART 3--WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL
21. Workplace Health and Safety Advisory Council
22. Functions of the Council
23. Membership of Council
24. Terms and conditions of appointment
25. Chair and Deputy Chair
26. Meetings of Council
27. Council subcommittees
28. Annual report of Council
PART 4--CONSULTATION AND WORKER REPRESENTATION
Division 1--Duties of employer and worker in regard to consultation
29. Objects of this Division
30. Duty to consult
31. When and how consultation is to take place
32. Worker's reciprocal duty in regard to consultation
Division 2--Constitution of work groups
33. Work groups
34. Formation of workgroup
35. Sharing of costs where there are multiple employers for a single work group
Division 3--Election of health and safety representatives
36. Election of health and safety representative
37. Term of office etc. of health and safety representative
Division 4--Functions and powers of health and safety representative
38. Functions of health and safety representative
39. Gathering of information by health and safety representative
40. Issue of notice of safety hazard
41. Issue of stop work direction
Division 5--Employers' obligations to health and safety representatives
42. Training obligations
43. Other obligations
44. List of representatives to be kept
Division 6--Health and safety committees
45. Health and safety committee
46. Functions of health and safety committee
47. Duties of employer to health and safety committee
48. Exemption from requirement to have health and safety committee
Division 7--Authorised union OH&S representatives
49. Objects of this Division
50. Appointment of authorised union OH&S representatives
51. Identity cards for authorised union OH&S representatives
52. Duration of appointment
53. Powers of authorised union OH&S representative
54. Compensation for improper interference
PART 5--STATUTORY DUTIES OF CARE
Division 1--Duties towards workers and others
55. Employer's general statutory duty of care
56. Duties in regard to workplace
57. Duties in regard to workplace infrastructure, equipment and materials
Division 2--Risk management plans
58. Risk management plans
Division 3--Duties of workers
59. Duties of workers
Division 4--Worker health surveillance
60. Duty to monitor health and safety
Division 5--Codes of practice
61. Codes of practice
62. Compliance with code of practice to be defence
Division 6--Civil liability
63. Civil liability not affected by this Part
PART 6--INCIDENT NOTIFICATION
64. Reportable incidents
65. Authority to be notified of reportable incidents
66. Power of Authority to require site to be left undisturbed in certain cases
PART 7--INVESTIGATIONS
67. Power to enter workplace
68. Workplace safety officer may take assistants
69. Warrants
70. Powers of officers while at a workplace
71. Use of force
72. Power of formal interrogation etc.
73. Obstructing etc. officer
74. General defence
PART 8--ENFORCEMENT
Division 1--Improvement notices
75. Improvement notices
Division 2--Prohibition notice
76. Issue of prohibition notice
Division 3--Power to stop work for serious risks
77. Power to stop work for serious risk
Division 4--Enforcement notices generally
78. Enforcement notices
Division 5--Injunctive remedies
79. Injunctions
Division 6--Criminal enforcement
80. Authority's approval required for criminal prosecution
81. Regulatory offences
82. Aggravated offences
83. Court's power to make orders of various kinds on conviction of offender for offence against this Act
84. Court's power on releasing defendant on recognisance
85. Vicarious liability of companies
86. Offences by officers of companies
PART 9--REVIEW AND APPEAL
Division 1--Internal review
87. Reviewable decisions
88. Application for internal review
89. Reference of application to review committee
90. Review
Division 2--Appeals
91. Appeal
92. Powers of the Court on an appeal
PART 10--MISCELLANEOUS
93. Discrimination against workers
94. Abrogation of privilege against self-incrimination
95. Review of Act
96. Regulations
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