What Australian Work Health and Safety Act 2011 requires
The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) is Australia's model WHS legislation adopted across most jurisdictions, placing a primary duty of care on persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) to ensure health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable, with Category 1 penalties of AUD 3,000,000 for body corporates and mandatory immediate notification of notifiable incidents to the regulator.
Pillar: Workplace · Authority: Australian Government - Federal Register of Legislation · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C2011A00137
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- Sections 5, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 37-39, 46-49, 90, 171, 191, 195, 216, 229 — Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth)
- Parts 4-11 (hazard management, plant, hazardous chemicals, construction, licensing, high risk work) — Work Health and Safety Regulations 2017 (Cth)
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