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CLAUSE NOTES
REPEAL OF REGULATIONS POSTPONEMENT
BILL (No. 2) 2011
Clause 1 Short title
This is formal provision specifying the title of the proposed Act
the Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act (No. 2) 2011.
Clause 2 Commencement
The Act will commence on a day on which the Act receives Royal
Assent.
Clause 3 Postponement of repeal
The Act postpones the staged repeal of the Workplace Health and
Safety Regulations 1998.
Such repeal is due to take effect on 1 January 2012.
Under national agreements regarding new, harmonised work
health and safety laws, each Australian jurisdiction agreed to
commence a new Act and Regulations, based on the national
Model Work Health and Safety Act and Regulations, on 1 January
2012.
However there have been some delays in the finalisation of the
Model Regulations, and there is a potential for further delays
and/or for the implementation date to be changed nationally.
This Bill delays the repeal of Tasmania's existing Workplace
Health and Safety Regulations until 1 January 2013.
This will ensure that existing laws will remain in place if there
should be any delay to implementing laws based on the national
Model Laws.
The Workplace Health and Safety Laws can be repealed earlier
time (when the nationally harmonised laws come into effect).
Subclause (3) specifies that "staged repeal" refers to the repeal
that was to be effected by the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992, and
refers to each Act that subsequently postponed that repeal.
Clause 4 Administration of the Act
Until administration is assigned under the Administrative
Arrangements Act 1990, it will rest with the Minister for
Workplace Relations and the department responsible to the
Minister will be the Department of Justice.
Clause 5 Expiry
The Act will expire automatically of 2 January 2013, when it will
no longer have any effect.