Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 3)1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 2702

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991.

Dated 27 September 2001

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations

and Small Business

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 3).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Regulations 1991

  Schedule 1 amends the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Regulations 1991.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 38A, heading

substitute

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

[2] Subparagraph 38A (1) (a) (ii)

substitute

 (ii) an authorised officer under section 40 of the Imported Food Control Act 1992; or

 (iii) an authorised officer under section 32 of the Meat Inspection Act 1983; or

 (iv) a person appointed as a quarantine officer (no matter how described) under subsection 9AA (3) of the Quarantine Act 1908; or

 (v) a person appointed, or authorised to act, as a temporary quarantine officer under section 9A of that Act; and

[3] Schedule 5, heading

substitute

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

(subregulation 38A (2))

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1991 No. 266, as amended by 1992 No. 244; 1993 Nos. 5 and 112; 1994 No. 22; 1998 Nos. 115 and 355; 2001 Nos. 54 and 90.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 October 2001.