South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (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 specified types of substances or plant; and
(b)
providing for fair and effective workplace representation, consultation,
co-operation 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 taken 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 this jurisdiction.
(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 specified types of substances or plant, as is reasonably practicable.