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AUS-2011-L-94602
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Title_of_text
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (No. 18 of 2011).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Australia
Territorial subdivision(s)
Queensland
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health
Adopted on (Date of text)
2011
Scope of text
State or Province
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (PDF, 1.42 MB) (WHS Act) provides a framework to protect the health, safety and welfare of all workers at work. It also protects the health and safety of all other people who might be affected by the work.
All workers are protected by the WHS Act. This includes employees, contractors, subcontractors, outworkers, apprentices and trainees, work experience students, volunteers and employers who perform work. The WHS Act also provides protection for the general public so that their health and safety is not placed at risk by work activities.
The WHS Act places the primary health and safety duty on a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU), who must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of workers at the workplace. Duties are also placed on officers of a PCBU, workers and other persons at a workplace.
All duties under the WHS Act are qualified by the term 'reasonably practicable'.
The WHS Act also sets out the requirements for the following:
incident notification
consultation with workers
issue resolution
inspector powers and functions
offences and penalties.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2012-01-01
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
2011 (AUS-2011-R-94603)
Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011.
Implementing text(s)
2011-11-27 (AUS-2011-R-105353)
Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2011.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Workplace Health and Safety
Place of publication
Queensland
Country
Australia
URL
http://www.deir.qld.gov.a
File
AUS94602 2017.pdf (PDF of Act as current to 31 August 2017)