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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. page 1 3--1 Occupational Safety and Health (Validation) Bill 1998 s. 2 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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