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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 3
Object
3 Object
(1) The main object of this Act is to provide for a balanced and nationally
consistent framework to secure the health and safety of workers and workplaces
by— (a) protecting workers and other persons against harm to their health,
safety and welfare through the elimination or minimisation of risks arising
from work or from particular types of substances or plant; and
(b) providing
for fair and effective workplace representation, consultation, cooperation and
issue resolution in relation to work health and safety; and
(c) encouraging
unions and employer organisations to take a constructive role in promoting
improvements in work health and safety practices, and assisting persons
conducting businesses or undertakings and workers to achieve a healthier and
safer working environment; and
(d) promoting the provision of advice,
information, education and training in relation to work health and safety; and
(e) securing compliance with this Act through effective and appropriate
compliance and enforcement measures; and
(f) ensuring appropriate scrutiny
and review of actions by persons exercising powers and performing functions
under this Act; and
(g) providing a framework for continuous improvement and
progressively higher standards of work health and safety; and
(h) maintaining
and strengthening the national harmonisation of laws relating to work health
and safety and to facilitate a consistent national approach to work health and
safety in Queensland.
(2) In furthering subsection (1) (a) , regard must be
had to the principle that workers and other persons should be given the
highest level of protection against harm to their health, safety and welfare
from hazards and risks arising from work or from particular types of
substances or plant as is reasonably practicable. Note— The numbering of
this Act closely corresponds to the same numbering in a model Bill prepared
for and approved by the Council of Australian Governments. To maximise
uniformity between this Act and the model Bill, the numbers of some sections
in the model Bill that are not relevant have not been used in the numbering of
this Act, unless required for provisions particular to the State. Adoption of
the numbering of the model Bill also results in alphanumeric numbering being
used to insert further provisions particular to the State.
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