Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (MARITIME INDUSTRY) ACT 1993 - SECT 9

    The following additional functions are conferred on the Authority:

  (a)   to ensure, in accordance with this Act and the regulations, that the obligations imposed by or under this Act and the regulations are complied with;

  (b)   to advise operators, employees or contractors, either on its own initiative or on being asked, on occupational health and safety matters;

  (c)   to collect, interpret and report information relating to occupational health and safety;

  (d)   to formulate policies and strategies relating to the occupational health and safety of employees;

  (e)   to accredit occupational health and safety training courses for the purposes of section   47;

  (f)   to liaise with other bodies concerned with occupational health and safety;

  (g)   to advise the Minister:

  (i)   on the most effective means of giving effect to the objects of this Act; and

  (ii)   on the making of regulations under this Act; and

  (iii)   on the approval of codes of practice under subsection   109(1).