Western Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 698

698 .         Notice of amendment or cancellation

        (1)         The regulator must give written notice of the amendment or cancellation of an exemption, within 14 days after making the decision to amend or cancel the exemption, to —

            (a)         if a person applied for the exemption — the applicant; or

            (b)         if the regulator granted the exemption on its own initiative — each person (other than persons to whom subregulation (2) applies) to whom the exemption applies.

        (2)         If the exemption affects a class of persons or is granted under regulation 689A(1), the regulator must publish notice of the amendment or cancellation of the exemption on the WHS department’s website.

        (3)         The notice must state the regulator’s reasons for the amendment or cancellation.

        (4)         The amendment or cancellation takes effect —

            (a)         on the publication of the notice on the WHS department’s website, or on a later date specified in the notice; or

            (b)         if the notice is not required to be published on the WHS department’s website, on the giving of the notice to the applicant under subregulation (1) or on a later date specified in the notice.

        [Regulation 698 amended: SL 2024/139 r. 12.]