Occupational Health and Safety (Safety Arrangements) Regulations 1991

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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

This item is authorised by the following title:

Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991

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F2007C00279

01 May 2007 - 27 November 2009

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Table of contents

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
2 Interpretation
2A Forms, notices and reports
3 Dangerous occurrences (Act, s 5 (1))
4 Employing authorities
4A Entities
4B Application by employee representative to represent employees
5 Application of Part 3
6 Employer to appoint returning officer
12 Number of votes
13 Right to secret ballot
14 Conduct of poll by secret ballot
15 Conduct of poll if no request made for secret ballot
16 If no candidate is elected
17 Ballot papers
18 Distribution of ballot papers
19 Manner of voting by secret ballot
20 Envelopes given to returning officer
21 Scrutineers
22 Returning officer to be advised of scrutineers
22A Persons present at the count
23 Conduct of the count
23A Prescribed manner of drawing of lots
24 Informal ballot papers
25 Completion of the count
26 Destruction of election material
27 Request for recount
28 Irregularities at election
29 Result of poll
30 Form of provisional improvement notices
31 Investigators — identity cards
32 Investigators — certificates of appointment
33 Taking samples for testing etc
34 Form of certain notices
35 Alteration or disturbance of site of accident or dangerous occurrence
36A Prescribed period — paragraph 68 (1) (b) of the Act
37 Service of notices
37A Notice of accidents and dangerous occurrences to be given
37B Form of notice of accidents or dangerous occurrences
37C Notice of deaths must be given by telephone
37G Records of accidents and dangerous occurrences [see Note 2]
38 Modification of the Act in relation to Commonwealth employees who are members of the A.C.T. transitional staff
39 Review of decisions by returning officers
38A Modifications of the Act in relation to officers under the Export Control Act 1982, the Imported Food Control Act 1992, the Meat Inspection Act 1983 and the Quarantine Act 1908
39A Application of the Act to workplaces controlled by contractors
40 Application of the Act to employees working in non Commonwealth premises
41 Witnesses allowances and expenses
- Schedule 1 Forms
- Form 1A Application for issue of certificate
- Form 1 Provisional Improvement Notice
- Form 2 Notice of removal of plant or sample
- Form 3 Do not disturb direction
- Form 4 Prohibition notice
- Form 5 Improvement notice
- Schedule 1A Entities
- Schedule 2 Identity card
- Schedule 3 Witnesses expenses and allowances
- Schedule 4 Modifications of the Act in relation to an employee who is a member of the A.C.T. transitional staff or in relation to the employee’s place of work
- Schedule 5 Modifications of the Act in relation to officers under the Export Control Act 1982, the Imported Food Control Act 1992, the Meat Inspection Act 1983 and the Quarantine Act 1908
- Notes to the STYLEREF Title Occupational Health and Safety (Safety Arrangements) Regulations 1991

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Occupational Health and Safety (Safety Arrangements) Regulations 1991