Western Australian Numbered Acts

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT AND REPEAL ACT 2004 (NO. 51 OF 2004)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      The Act amended  

   PART 2 -- Amendments relating to general workplace duties  

   4.      Part III Division 2 heading inserted  
   5.      Section 19 amended  
   6.      Section 21 amended  
   7.      Sections 21B and 21C inserted  
   8.      Part III Divisions 3, 4 and 5 and heading for Division 6 inserted  
   9.      Section 41A inserted  
   10.     Section 43 amended  
   11.     Section 47A inserted  
   12.     Section 49 amended  
   13.     Schedule amended  

   PART 3 -- Amendments relating to offences and penalties  

   14.     Section 3 amended  
   15.     Sections 3A and 3B inserted  
   16.     Part III Division 1 inserted  

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   17.     Section 19 amended  
   18.     Section 19A inserted  
   19A.    Breaches of section 19(1) 24  
           20. Section 20A inserted  
   21.     Section 21 amended  
   22.     Section 21A inserted  
   23.     Section 22 amended  
   24.     Section 22A inserted  
   25.     Section 23 amended  
   26.     Section 23AA inserted  
   27.     Section 23A amended  
   28.     Section 23B inserted  
   29.     Section 23B repealed  
   30.     Part VII Division 1 heading inserted  
   31.     Section 54 replaced  
   32.     Section 54AA repealed  
   33.     Section 54A amended  
   34.     Section 55 amended  
   35.     Section 55A inserted  
   36.     Part VII Divisions 2 and 3 inserted  

           Division 2 -- Criminal proceedings against the Crown  

           Division 3 -- Undertaking by offender in lieu of payment of fine  

   37.     Section 60 amended  

   PART 4 -- Amendments relating to safety and health representatives and committees  

   38.     Section 3 amended  
   39.     Part IV Division 1 heading inserted  

           Division 1 -- Safety and health representatives  

   40.     Section 29 amended  
   41.     Section 30 amended  
   42.     Sections 30A, 30B and 30C inserted  
   43.     Section 31 amended  
   44.     Saving provision for existing safety and health representatives  
   45.     Section 32 amended  
   46.     Section 33 amended  
   47.     Section 34 amended  
   48.     Section 35 amended  
   49.     Sections 35A, 35B, 35C and 35D inserted  
   50.     Sections 36, 37, 38 and 39 repealed and replaced by a Division heading and sections 36 to 39G  

           Division 2 -- Safety and health committees  

   51.     Savings and transitional provisions for existing safety and health committees  
   52.     Section 40 amended  
   53.     Section 41 amended  
   54.     Part VI Division 1 heading inserted  
   55.     Part VI Division 2 inserted  
   56.     Section 56 amended  
   57.     Schedule amended  

   PART 5 -- Amendments relating to inspectors  

   58.     Section 42 replaced by sections 42, 42A, 42B and 42C  
           59. Section 43 amended  
   60.     Section 45 amended  
   61.     Section 47 amended  

   PART 6 -- Amendments relating to the establishment of a tribunal  

           Division 1 -- Amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984  

   62.     Long title amended  
   63.     Section 3 amended  
   64.     Section 51A amended  
   65.     Section 51C amended  
   66.     Section 51D repealed  
   67.     Part VIB inserted  

   PART VIB -- Occupational Safety and Health Tribunal  

   68.     Section 54B amended  
   69.     Various references to a safety and health magistrate amended  

           Division 2 -- Amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1979  

   70.     The Industrial Relations Act 1979 amended  

           Division 3 -- Transitional provisions  

   71.     Existing referrals to safety and health magistrate  
   72.     Appeal proceedings in progress  

   PART 7 -- Amendments to make expressions in the Act gender neutral  

   73.     Section 3 amended  
   74.     Section 4 amended  
   75.     Section 8 amended  
   76.     Section 9 amended  
   77.     Section 10 replaced  
   78.     Section 19 amended  
   79.     Section 20 amended  
   80.     Section 22 amended  
   81.     Section 23 amended  
   82.     Section 24 amended  
   83.     Section 27 amended  
   84.     Section 28 amended  
   85.     Section 30 amended  
   86.     Section 32 amended  
   87.     Section 33 amended  
   88.     Section 34 amended  
   89.     Section 35 amended  
   90.     Section 40 amended  
   91.     Section 43 amended  
   92.     Section 45 amended  
   93.     Section 47 amended  
   94.     Section 48 amended  
   95.     Section 49 amended  
   96.     Section 50 amended  
   97.     Section 51 amended  
   98.     Section 51A amended  
   99.     Section 56 amended  
   100.    Section 57 amended  
   101.    Schedule amended  
   102.    Feminine pronoun inserted in various provisions  
   103.    Relative pronoun replaced  

   PART 8 -- Miscellaneous amendments  

   104.    Section 3 amended  
   105.    Section 6 amended  
   106.    Section 14A inserted  
   107.    Section 48 amended  
   108.    Section 49 amended  
   109.    Section 50A inserted  
   110.    Section 51AA inserted  
   111.    Section 53 amended  
   112.    Section 56 amended  
   113.    Section 57A inserted  
   114.    Schedule amended  
   115.    Mines Safety and Inspection Act 1994 amended and saving provision  

   PART 9 -- Repeal of Shearers’ Accommodation Act 1912  

   116.    Shearers’ Accommodation Act 1912 repealed  
           
[Assented to 12 November 2004]