Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 152

    The regulator has the following functions:

  (a)   to advise and make recommendations to the Minister and report on the operation and effectiveness of this Act;

  (b)   to monitor and enforce compliance with this Act;

  (c)   to provide advice and information on work health and safety to duty holders under this Act and to the community;

  (d)   to collect, analyse and publish statistics relating to work health and safety;

  (e)   to foster a co - operative, consultative relationship between duty holders and the persons to whom they owe duties and their representatives in relation to work health and safety matters;

  (f)   to promote and support education and training on matters relating to work health and safety;

  (g)   to engage in, promote and co - ordinate the sharing of information to achieve the object of this Act, including the sharing of information with a corresponding regulator;

  (h)   to conduct and defend proceedings under this Act before a court or tribunal;

  (i)   any other function conferred on the regulator by this Act.