Queensland Numbered Acts

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2008 NO. 61

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents
           Part 1--Preliminary
   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
           Part 2--Amendment of Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995
   3.      Act amended in pt 2
   4.      Amendment of s 7 (Objective of Act)
   5.      Amendment of s 22 (Ensuring workplace health and safety)
   6.      Amendment of s 42C (Ministerial notices in urgent circumstances)
   7.      Amendment of s 42D (Meaning of workplace health and safety undertaking)
   8.      Amendment of s 67 (Who is a workplace health and safety representative?)
   9.      Amendment of s 81 (Entitlements of workplace health and safety representatives)
   10.     Insertion of new pt 7, div 3, sdivs 4A and 4B
   11.     Amendment of s 85 (Ceasing to be a workplace health and safety representative)
   12.     Amendment of s 90Q (Applications decided on the papers)
   13.     Amendment of s 97 (Employer and principal contractor to help workplace health and safety officer etc.)
   14.     Amendment of s 104 (Entry to places)
   15.     Insertion of new pt 9, div 3A hdg and new s 118A
           16. Amendment of s 119 (Order to secure compliance with notices)
   17.     Amendment of s 122 (Power to require production of certain documents)
   18.     Amendment of s 147A (Definitions for pt 11)
   19.     Amendment of s 165 (Limitation on time for starting proceedings)
   20.     Amendment of s 166 (Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives)
   21.     Insertion of new s 168B
           22. Insertion of new pt 12 div 3
   23.     Amendment of s 176 (Impersonating inspectors and others)
   24.     Amendment of s 183 (Protection from liability—officials)
   25.     Amendment of s 185A (Powers of chief executive to require production of particular documents)
   26.     Insertion of new pt 17 div 5
   27.     Amendment of sch 1 (Prescribed activities)
   28.     Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)
           Part 3--Amendment of Electrical Safety Act 2002
   29.     Act amended in pt 3
   30.     Amendment of s 3 (Act binds all persons)
   31.     Amendment of s 49 (Meaning of electrical safety undertaking)
   32.     Amendment of s 156 (Order to secure compliance with notices)
   33.     Amendment of s 187 (Limitation on time for starting proceedings)
   34.     Amendment of s 188 (Responsibility for act or omission of representative)
   35.     Insertion of new s 189A
           36. Insertion of new pt 13 div 2A
   37.     Insertion of new pt 17
           Part 4--Amendment of Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
   38.     Act amended in pt 4
   39.     Amendment of s 128B (Entitlements of worker with terminal condition)
   40.     Insertion of new ss 128D and 128E
           41. Amendment of s 194 (Application and object of pt 11)
   42.     Insertion of new ch 24
           Part 5--Amendment of Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2003
   43.     Regulation amended in pt 5
   44.     Amendment of s 85 (Application for compensation)