Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Construction Safety Act 1912 No 38 (formerly Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912). Assented to 26.11.1912. This Act has been amended as follows:

1936	No 37	Factories and Shops (Amendment) Act 1936. Assented to 23.7.1936. Date of commencement, 31.7.1936, sec 1 (4) and GG No 122 of 31.7.1936, p 3331.
1937	No 35	Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937.
1942	No 35	Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Act 1942. Assented to 24.12.1942. Date of commencement, 18.1.1943, sec 1 (4) and GG No 8 of 15.1.1943, p 90.
1948	No 38	Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Act 1948. Assented to 14.12.1948. Date of commencement, 1.6.1950, sec 1 (4) and GG No 85 of 25.5.1950, p 1425.
1958	No 3	Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Act 1958. Assented to 28.3.1958. Date of commencement, 1.8.1958, sec 1 (3) and GG No 70 of 18.7.1958, p 2128.
1960	No 9	Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Act 1960. Assented to 25.3.1960.
1965	No 33	Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1975	No 72	Metric Conversion Act 1975. Assented to 6.11.1975. Date of commencement of Sch, Items 4–9, 1.6.1976, sec 4 (3) and GG No 59 of 30.4.1976, p 1835.
1976	No 54	Miscellaneous Acts (Inspectors) Amendment Act 1976. Assented to 27.10.1976.
1978	No 69	Scaffolding and Lifts (Amendment) Act 1978. Assented to 6.4.1978. Date of commencement, secs 1–4 excepted, 1.1.1979, sec 2 and GG No 171 of 8.12.1978, p 5060.
1983	No 20	Occupational Health and Safety Act 1983. Assented to 21.4.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 4.5.1983, sec 2 (2) and GG No 67 of 4.5.1983, p 2003.
1984	No 153	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
	No 73	Construction Safety (Workers Compensation) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 10.6.1987. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 30.6.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 17.6.1987, p 2944.
1988	No 114	Transport Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1988. Assented to 21.12.1988. Date of commencement, 16.1.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 3 of 16.1.1989, p 277.
	No 131	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 17.2.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 23 of 17.2.1989, p 1058.
1989	No 121	WorkCover Legislation (Amendment) Act 1989. Assented to 24.8.1989. Date of commencement, 1.1.1990, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 22.12.1989, p 11040.
1990	No 121	Occupational Health and Safety Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 20.12.1990. Date of commencement, 1.3.1991, sec 2 and GG No 37 of 1.3.1991, p 1695.
1991	No 34	Industrial Relations Act 1991. Assented to 11.11.1991. Date of commencement, 31.3.1992, sec 2 and GG No 40 of 27.3.1992, p 1978.
	No 94	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Construction Safety Act 1912, 1.6.1992, Sch 1 and GG No 40 of 27.3.1992, p 1982.
1992	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to, 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1993	No 50	Rail Safety Act 1993. Assented to 21.9.1993. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 24.9.1993, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 24.9.1993, p 5901.
1994	No 5	Occupational Health and Safety Legislation (Amendment) Act 1994. Assented to 2.5.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.10.1994, sec 2 and GG No 106 of 19.8.1994, p 4432.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Construction Safety Act 1912, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
	No 16	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.
	No 89	WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 20.12.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.2.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 155 of 20.12.1995, p 8675.
1996	No 120	WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2.2, 12.1.1997, sec 2 and GG No 4 of 10.1.1997, p 49.
	No 121	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 4.12, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).
1997	No 119	Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997. Assented to 9.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2.4, 29.6.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4429.
1998	No 137	Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.6, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 973.

This Act has also been amended:

(a) by regulations under Part 2, and

(a) pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 24.1.1984, and published in GG No 12 of 27.1.1984, p 398, declaring that the Construction Safety Act 1912 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 apply.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995.

Long title	Am 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 1	Am 1942 No 35, sec 6 (a); 1948 No 38, sec 6 (2) (a); 1958 No 3, sec 2 (a). Subst 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 1A	Ins 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 2	Am 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 3	Am 1942 No 35, sec 2; 1948 No 38, sec 2 (a); 1958 No 3, sec 2 (b); 1960 No 9, sec 2 (a); 1975 No 72, Sch; 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (4); 1984 No 153, Sch 16; 1988 No 114, Sch 4; 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1993 No 50, Sch 3; 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (1); 1997 No 119, Sch 2.4.
Sec 4	Am 1960 No 9, sec 2 (b). Rep 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (5).
Sec 4A	Ins 1948 No 38, sec 2 (b). Am 1958 No 3, sec 2 (c); 1960 No 9, sec 2 (c); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 4B	Ins 1948 No 38, sec 2 (b).
Sec 4C	Ins 1989 No 121, Sch 1.
Sec 5	Am 1942 No 35, sec 3 (1); 1960 No 9, sec 2 (d); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (7). Rep 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (2).
Sec 5A	Ins 1948 No 38, sec 2 (c). Am 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (3).
Part 2, heading	Am 1942 No 35, sec 6 (b); 1948 No 38, sec 3 (a). Subst 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (8). Rep 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (5).
Part 2	Rep 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (5).
Sec 6	Am 1942 No 35, sec 4 (1) (a); 1948 No 38, sec 3 (b); 1958 No 3, secs 2 (d), 3 (a); 1975 No 72, Sch; 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (9); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (1). Rep 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (5).
Sec 6A	Ins 1958 No 3, sec 2 (e). Am 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (10); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (2). Rep 1989 No 121, Sch 1.
Sec 7	Am 1942 No 35, sec 4 (1) (b). Rep 1948 No 38, sec 3 (c).
Sec 8	Am 1942 No 35, sec 4 (1) (c). Rep 1948 No 38, sec 3 (c).
Sec 9	Rep 1948 No 38, sec 3 (c).
Part 3, heading (as originally enacted)	Am 1958 No 3, sec 2 (f). Rep 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (11).
Sec 10	Am 1942 No 35, sec 5 (a); 1948 No 38, sec 3 (d); 1958 No 3, secs 2 (g), 3 (b); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (12); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (3). Rep 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (5).
Sec 11	Am 1948 No 38, sec 3 (e). Subst 1958 No 3, sec 2 (h). Rep 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (13).
Sec 12	Rep 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (13).
Part 3, heading (previously Part 4, heading)	Renumbered 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (14).
Sec 13	Subst 1942 No 35, sec 5 (b). Am 1948 No 38, sec 4 (a); 1958 No 3, sec 2 (i); 1960 No 9, sec 2 (e); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (15). Subst 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (4).
Sec 13A	Ins 1976 No 54, sec 2. Rep 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (5).
Sec 14	Am 1958 No 3, secs 2 (j), 3 (c); 1960 No 9, sec 2 (f); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (16); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (4).
Sec 15	Am 1936 No 37, sec 5 (a); 1942 No 35, sec 5 (c); 1948 No 38, sec 4 (b); 1958 No 3, secs 2 (k), 3 (d); 1960 No 9, sec 2 (g); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (17); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (5).
Sec 16	Am 1942 No 35, sec 5 (d); 1958 No 3, sec 3 (e); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (18); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (6); 1987 No 73, Sch 1 (1); 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (1). Rep 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (6).
Part 4, heading (previously Part 5, heading)	Am 1942 No 35, sec 6 (c). Subst 1948 No 38, sec 5; 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (19).
Part 4 (previously Part 5)	Subst 1948 No 38, sec 5.
Sec 17	Am 1936 No 37, sec 5 (b); 1942 No 35, sec 5 (e). Subst 1948 No 38, sec 5. Am 1958 No 3, sec 2 (l); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (20); 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (7).
Sec 17A	Ins 1948 No 38, sec 5. Am 1958 No 3, sec 2 (m); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (21); 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (8); 1995 No 89, Sch 4 (1) (2); 1996 No 120, Sch 2.2 [1]–[3].
Sec 17B	Ins 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (22). Am 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (7); 1987 No 73, Sch 1 (2); 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (2); 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (9); 1995 No 89, Sch 4 (3).
Part 5, heading (previously Part 6, heading)	Subst 1948 No 38, sec 6 (1). Renumbered 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (23).
Part 5 (previously Part 6)	Subst 1948 No 38, sec 6 (1).
Sec 18	Am 1942 No 35, sec 5 (f). Subst 1948 No 38, sec 6 (1). Am 1958 No 3, sec 2 (n); 1969 No 9, sec 2 (h); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (24); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (8); 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (10); 1995 No 89, Sch 4 (4).
Sec 18A	Ins 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (25). Am 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (6).
Sec 19	Ins 1948 No 38, sec 6 (1). Am 1958 No 3, sec 2 (o); 1960 No 9, sec 2 (i); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (26).
Sec 20	Ins 1948 No 38, sec 6 (1).
Sec 21	Ins 1948 No 38, sec 6 (1). Am 1958 No 3, secs 2 (p), 3 (g); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (27); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (9); 1987 No 73, Sch 1 (3); 1988 No 131, Sch 3 (1) (2); 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (3); 1991 No 34, Sch 3; 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (11); 1995 No 89, Sch 4 (5)–(7); 1996 No 121, Sch 4.12 [1] [2]; 1998 No 137, Sch 2.6.
Sec 21A	Ins 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (28).
Sec 21B	Ins 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (28). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 22	Ins 1948 No 38, sec 6 (1). Am 1958 No 3, sec 2 (q), 3 (h); 1960 No 9, sec 2 (j); 1978 No 69, Sch 1 (29); 1983 No 20, Sch 3 (10); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1987 No 73, Sch 1 (4); 1990 No 121, Sch 2 (4) (7); 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (12); 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1995 No 89, Sch 4 (8).
Sec 23	Ins 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (13).
Second Sch	Am GG No 87 of 1.7.1927; GG No 29 of 1.3.1929; GG No 127 of 20.9.1929; 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 1948 No 38, sec 6 (2) (b). Ins 1994 No 5, Sch 2 (14). Am 1995 No 89, Sch 4 (9) (10).