What is the current WHS Act in Australia?
What is the current WHS Act in Australia?
Visit the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 or the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011. Comcare administers the Commonwealth Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 and is the national regulator for work health and safety.
What is the WHS Act 2011 NSW?
The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) regulates workplace health and safety (WHS) in NSW. It specifically aims to protect people at workplaces from risk to their health or safety and to promote safe and healthy work environments.
Who is the WHS authority in NSW?
SafeWork NSW
SafeWork NSW is the state’s workplace health and safety regulator (with the exception of mines and petroleum sites). It focuses on harm prevention and improving the safety culture in NSW workplaces. SafeWork NSW: offers advice on improving work health and safety.
What do you need to know about WHS laws in Australia?
Under Australian WHS laws your business must ensure the health and safety of your workers and not put the health and safety of other people at risk. To do this you must: provide a safe work environment provide and maintain safe machinery and structures
What are the health and safety laws in Australia?
Under Australian WHS laws your business must ensure the health and safety of your workers and not put the health and safety of other people at risk. To do this you must: provide a safe work environment. provide and maintain safe machinery and structures. provide safe ways of working.
When did WHS come into effect in NSW?
WHS legislation. The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 came into effect on 1 January 2012 and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 commenced on 1 September 2017. The WHS legislation applies to all workplaces in NSW, including mines.
Who is the WHS regulator for NSW State?
SafeWork NSW is the state’s WHS regulator. We work with the NSW community to reduce work related fatalities, serious injuries and illnesses and make it easier to do business safely.