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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (VALIDATION) BILL 1998

                           Western Australia



                      LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY




         Occupational Safety and Health
             (Validation) Bill 1998
                               A Bill for


An Act to validate certain acts, matters or things done or purported
to be done under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1.      Short title
        This Act may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health
        (Validation) Act 1998.




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     2.         Commencement
                This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
                the Royal Assent.
     3.         Validation
 5        (1)   In this section --
                "Commissioner" means --
                     (a) the Commissioner for Occupational Health, Safety
                            and Welfare within the meaning of the Occupational
                            Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1984 as in force
10                          before 1 October 1995; or
                     (b) the WorkSafe Western Australia Commissioner
                            within the meaning of the Occupational Safety and
                            Health Act 1984 as in force on and from
                            1 October 1995.
15        (2)   No act, matter or thing done before 8 October 1996 --
                 (a) by or in respect of William Neil Bartholomaeus; or
                 (b) under the direction, authority or control or purported
                        direction, authority or control of, or pursuant to a
                        delegation or purported delegation made by, William
20                      Neil Bartholomaeus,
                in his capacity or purported capacity as Commissioner is, or ever has
                been, invalid by reason that there was a defect in his appointment as
                Commissioner, or that he had not been appointed at all.
          (3)   Each act, matter or thing referred to in subsection (2) is, and always
25              has been, as valid, effective and authorized by the Act as it would
                have been if William Neil Bartholomaeus had been duly appointed
                as Commissioner at the time the act, matter or thing was done, the
                direction, authority or control exercised or the delegation made.




 


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