Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Regulations 2003
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Regulations 2003
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Regulations 2003
2003/257
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Regulations 2003
Note
These regulations are administered in the Department of Labour.
Pursuant to section 21 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Contents
1 Title
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(1) These regulations are the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Regulations 2003.
(2) In these regulations, the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995 1 are called
“the principal regulations”
.
2 Commencement
These regulations come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette.
4 Requirements of applicants
Regulation 31(a) of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the words
“or regulation 33(a) to (d)”
.
6 Application of regulations 51 to 53
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(1) The heading to regulation 50 of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the words
“51 to”
, and substituting the words“52 and”
.(2) Regulation 50 of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the words
“51 to”
in both places where they occur, and substituting in each case the words“52 and”
.
8 Offences
Regulation 70(1) of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the expression
“51(1),”
.
Diane Morcom,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations, which come into force on the 28th day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, amend the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995 by revoking the provisions relating to construction blasters.
As a result of the coming into force of the Hazardous Substances (Fireworks, Safety Ammunition, and Other Explosives Transfer) Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/176), handlers of explosives must now comply with the requirements imposed by regulations made under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. Consequently, any regulations made under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 that impose certification requirements on handlers of explosives are no longer necessary.
Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Date of notification in Gazette: 18 September 2003.
1 SR 1995/167