New Legislation 2012
As of January 2012, WorkCover has enforced an updated version of the laws, containing a model Act, Regulations and Codes of Practice. This is aimed at providing rights for health and safety to everyone in the workplace as well as providing them the opportunity to give their opinion of their workplaces' health and safety practices without having to worry about speaking out about an issue. The new legislation is over 500 pages and contains 18 schedules. The new legislation was open for public comment between 7 December 2010 and 4 April 2011. Some of the important new features the legislation includes changes to the laws involving PCBU's reasonably, control of hazardous work, plant and structure requirements, construction restrictions, labelling and classification of hazardous chemicals and a few changes to those regarding mines which of 14 March 2011 was unreleased.
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