Victorian Numbered Acts

WORKSAFE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 48 OF 2017)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENTS TO THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985

   3.      Liability of Authority and self-insurer  
   4.      Indexation of certain amounts—consumer price index  
   5.      Actions for damages  
   6.      New Division 16 of Part IX inserted  

   PART 3--AMENDMENTS TO THE DANGEROUS GOODS ACT 1985

   7.      Definitions  
   8.      Governor in Council may make Order with respect to dangerous goods  

   PART 4--AMENDMENTS TO THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2004

   9.      Act binds the Crown  
   10.     Authority may accept undertakings  
   11.     Incidents to which this Part applies  
   12.     Duty to notify of incidents  
   13.     Duty to preserve incident sites  
   14.     Service of provisional improvement notice or inspector's notice  
   15.     Prohibition on discrimination  
   16.     Prohibited reasons  
   17.     Revocation and disqualification  
   18.     Power to require production of documents etc.  
   19.     Service of notices  
   20.     Proceedings may be brought by the Authority or inspectors  
   21.     Procedure if prosecution is not brought  
   22.     Limitation period for prosecutions  
   23.     Release on the giving of a health and safety undertaking  
   24.     Liability of officers of partnerships and unincorporated bodies or associations  
   25.     Offence to give false or misleading information  
   26.     New Part 15 inserted  

   PART 5--AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKPLACE INJURY REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 2013

   27.     Assessing degree of impairment of whole person  
   28.     Part not to apply in certain circumstances  
   29.     Definition applying to pre-injury average weekly earnings and current weekly earnings—base rate of pay  
   30.     Liability of Authority and self-insurer  
   31.     Certain persons not compelled to give evidence  
   32.     Review of approval  
   33.     Eligible subsidiary of self-insurer becomes a non-WorkCover employer  
   34.     Authority retains or assumes liability for tail claims  
   35.     Functions of the Authority  
   36.     Delegation  
   37.     Indexation of certain amounts—consumer price index  
   38.     Criminal liability of officers of bodies corporate—failure to exercise due diligence  
   39.     Institution of prosecutions  
   40.     New sections 623G, 623H, 623I and 623J inserted  

   PART 6--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   41.     Repeal of amending Act  
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