Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objects  
   4.      Saving of certain State and Territory laws  
   5.      Interpretation  
   6.      Act not to prejudice national security  
   7.      Act not to prejudice Australia's defence  
   8.      Act not to prejudice certain police operations  
   9.      Employees  
   10.     Commonwealth to act through employing authority  
   11.     Extent to which Act binds the Crown  
   12.     Functions conferred on Commission  
   13.     Application of Act to external Territories etc.  
   14.     Application of Act to workplaces controlled by contractors  
   15.     Application of Act to employees working in non-Commonwealth premises  
   16.     Duties of employers in relation to their employees etc.  
   17.     Duty of employers in relation to third parties  
   18.     Duties of manufacturers in relation to plant and substances  
   19.     Duties of suppliers in relation to plant and substances  
   20.     Duties of person erecting or installing plant in a workplace  
   21.     Duties of employees in relation to occupational health and safety  
   22.     Reliance on information supplied or results of research  
   23.     Regulations relating to occupational health and safety  
   24.     Designated work groups  
   25.     Health and safety representatives  
   26.     Term of office  
   27.     Training of health and safety representatives  
   28.     Powers of health and safety representatives  
   29.     Provisional improvement notices  
   30.     Duties of employers in relation to health and safety representatives  
   31.     Resignation etc. of health and safety representative  
   32.     Disqualification of health and safety representatives  
   34.     Health and safety committees  
   36.     Duties of employers in relation to health and safety committees  
   37.     Action by health and safety representatives  
   38.     Directions to perform other work  
   39.     Commission may refer persons seeking advice to experts  
   40.     Appointment of investigators  
   41.     Investigations  
   42.     Power of entry  
   43.     Power to require assistance and information  
   44.     Power to take possession of plant, take samples of substances etc.  
   45.     Power to direct that workplace etc. not be disturbed  
   46.     Power to issue prohibition notices  
   47.     Power to issue improvement notices  
   48.     Appeals  
   49.     Liability of investigators  
   50.     Notices not to be tampered with or removed  
   51.     Arrangements with States for services of State officers  
   52.     Application  
   53.     Report of investigation  
   54.     Power to obtain information and documents  
   55.     Commission may conduct public inquiry  
   56.     Power to summon witnesses  
   57.     Failure of witness to attend  
   58.     Power to administer oath or affirmation  
   59.     Refusal to be sworn or to answer questions  
   60.     Protection of members and witnesses  
   61.     Contempt of Commission  
   62.     Powers of Commission in relation to documents produced  
   63.     Allowances to witnesses  
   64.     Witness not to be prejudiced in employment  
   65.     Report to be given to Minister in certain circumstances  
   66.     Report to be given to Minister of failures to comply with directions etc.  
   67.     Delegation by Commission  
   68.     Notification and reporting of accidents and dangerous occurrences  
   69.     Records of accidents and dangerous occurrences to be kept  
   70.     Codes of practice  
   71.     Use of codes of practice in proceedings  
   72.     Interference etc. with equipment etc.  
   73.     Employer not to levy employees etc.  
   74.     Certain matters to be included in annual reports  
   75.     Annual report of Commission  
   76.     Employer not to dismiss etc. employees on certain grounds  
   77.     Institution of prosecutions  
   78.     Conduct of directors, servants and agents  
   79.     Act not to give rise to other liabilities etc.  
   80.     Effect of contravention of Act etc. on contracts of employment etc.  
   81.     Circumstances preventing compliance with Act may be defence to prosecution  
   82.     Regulations  
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