Western Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2020 - SECT 277

277 .         Operation of Act to be reviewed every 5 years

        (1)         The Minister must review the operation and effectiveness of this Act and prepare a report based on the review —

            (a)         as soon as practicable after the 5 ^th anniversary of the day on which this section comes into operation; and

            (b)         after that, at intervals of no more than 5 years.

        Note for this subsection:

                A review must include a consideration of the most recent review of the model Bill referred to in note 1 for section 3.

        (2)         The Minister must cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after it is prepared, but not later than 12 months after the 5 ^th anniversary or the expiry of the period of 5 years, as the case may be.

        (3)         If, in the Minister’s opinion, a House of Parliament will not sit during the period of 21 days after finalisation of the report, the Minister must send the report to the Clerk of the House.

        (4)         When the report is sent to the Clerk of a House it is taken to have been laid before the House.

        (5)         The laying of the report that is taken to have occurred under subsection (4) must be recorded in the Minutes, or Votes and Proceedings, of the House on the first sitting day of the House after the Clerk receives the report.