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Workplace health and safety legislation

Amendments to workplace health and safety legislation
Amendment Acts, information about significant changes to the law

Submission to the National OHS review
Queensland calls for national OHS system for the modern world

How the legislation works
How the Act and the Regulation work together, what you must do

Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995
About the Act, who is covered, what is not covered

Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008
About the Regulation

Ministerial notices
What Ministerial notices are

Codes of practice
Helping manage exposure to risk, access to codes of practice

Who enforces the law
Inspectors, what they do, their powers

Boards of inquiry
Why they are established, what they do

Workplace consultation
Workplace Health and Safety Board, standing committees, WHSO’s, WHSR’s

Regulatory impact statements
What are regulatory impact statements, current regulatory impact statements

Last updated 21 August 2008

A quick start to the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 127 KB)

Legislation links:

Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (PDF, 766 KB)

Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008

Codes of Practice

For more information contact:

Queensland Government

Workplace health and safety infoline 1300 369 915