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OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE ACT 2006 - SECT 639

Regulations relating to occupational health and safety

  (1)   The regulations may make provision in relation to the health and safety of persons at or near a regulated operations site who are under the control of a person who is carrying on a regulated operation.

  (2)   Regulations made for the purposes of subsection   (1) may:

  (a)   require a person who is carrying on a regulated operation to establish and maintain a system of management to secure the health and safety of persons referred to in that subsection; and

  (b)   specify requirements with which the system must comply.

  (3)   Subsection   (2) does not limit subsection   (1).

Note:   Under subsection   80(3), the application in an offshore area of State or Territory laws is subject to regulations made under this Act.



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