The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

These regulations are made under section 201 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015—

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

on the recommendation of the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety made after complying with section 202 of that Act.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Rate of funding levy payable by employers
4	Rate of funding levy payable by certain earners
5	Revocation
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Health and Safety at Work (Rates of Funding Levy) Regulations 2016.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 4 April 2016.

3 Rate of funding levy payable by employers

For the purposes of section 201(2)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, the rate of the levy payable by every employer (on the amount of earnings paid or deemed to have been paid by the employer to the employer’s employees) is 8 cents per $100.

4 Rate of funding levy payable by certain earners

(1)

For the purposes of section 201(2)(b) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, the rate of the levy payable by every earner who has earnings as a self-employed person (on the amount of earnings as a self-employed person derived or deemed to have been derived by the earner or, if the earner has purchased weekly compensation under section 208 of the Accident Compensation Act 2001, on the level of weekly compensation purchased) is 8 cents per $100.

(2)

For the purposes of section 201(2)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, the rate of levy payable by every earner who has earnings as a shareholder-employee who has purchased weekly compensation under section 190 of the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (on the level of weekly compensation purchased) is 8 cents per $100.

Regulation 4: replaced, on 1 April 2025, by section 65 of the Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10).

5 Revocation

The Health and Safety in Employment (Rates of Funding Levy) Regulations 1994 (SR 1994/49) are revoked.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 18 February 2016.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Health and Safety at Work (Rates of Funding Levy) Regulations 2016 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10): section 65