Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011

Contents (2011 - 674)

Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011
Status information
Chapter 1 Preliminary
- Part 1.1 Introductory matters
- Part 1.2 Application
- Part 1.3 Incorporated documents
Chapter 2 Representation and participation
- Part 2.1 Representation
  - Division 1 Work groups
    - 16 Negotiations for and determination of work groups
    - 17 Matters to be taken into account in negotiations
  - Division 2 Health and safety representatives
- Part 2.2 Issue resolution
  - 22 Agreed procedure—minimum requirements
  - 23 Default procedure
- Part 2.3 Cessation of unsafe work
  - 24 Continuity of engagement of worker
- Part 2.4 Workplace entry by WHS entry permit holders
Chapter 3 General risk and workplace management
- Part 3.1 Managing risks to health and safety
- Part 3.2 General workplace management
Chapter 4 Hazardous work
- Part 4.1 Noise
- Part 4.2 Hazardous manual tasks
  - 60 Managing risks to health and safety
  - 61 Duties of designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers of plant or structures
- Part 4.3 Confined spaces
- Part 4.4 Falls
- Part 4.5 High risk work
  - Division 1 Licensing of high risk work
  - Division 2 Accreditation of assessors
- Part 4.6 Demolition work
  - Division 1 Notice of demolition work
    - 142 Notice of demolition work
  - Division 2 Licensing of demolition work
    - 143 Demolition work required to be licensed
- Part 4.7 General electrical safety in workplaces and energised electrical work
- Part 4.8 Diving work
Chapter 5 Plant and structures
- Part 5.1 General duties for plant and structures
- Part 5.2 Additional duties relating to registered plant and plant designs
- Part 5.3 Registration of plant designs and items of plant
Chapter 6 Construction work
- Part 6.1 Preliminary
- Part 6.2 Duties of designer of structure and person who commissions construction work
- Part 6.3 Duties of person conducting business or undertaking
- Part 6.4 Additional duties of principal contractor
- Part 6.5 General construction induction training
Chapter 7 Hazardous chemicals
- Part 7.1 Hazardous chemicals
- Part 7.2 Lead
Chapter 8 Asbestos
- Part 8.1 Prohibitions and authorised conduct
  - 419 Work involving asbestos or ACM—prohibitions and exceptions
- Part 8.2 General duty
  - 420 Exposure to airborne asbestos at workplace
- Part 8.3 Management of asbestos and associated risks
- Part 8.4 Management of naturally occurring asbestos
- Part 8.5 Asbestos at the workplace
- Part 8.6 Demolition and refurbishment
- Part 8.7 Asbestos removal work
- Part 8.8 Asbestos removal requiring Class A licence
- Part 8.9 Asbestos-related work
- Part 8.10 Licensing of asbestos removalists and asbestos assessors
Chapter 9 Major hazard facilities
- Part 9.1 Preliminary
  - Division 1 Application and interpretation
  - Division 2 Requirement to be licensed
    - 535 A major hazard facility must be licensed
- Part 9.2 Determinations about major hazard facilities
- Part 9.3 Duties of operators of determined major hazard facilities
- Part 9.4 Licensed major hazard facilities—risk management
- Part 9.5 Consultation and workers’ safety role
  - 574 Safety role for workers
  - 575 Operator of major hazard facility must consult with workers
- Part 9.6 Duties of workers at licensed major hazard facilities
  - 576 Duties
- Part 9.7 Licensing of major hazard facilities
Chapter 10 Mines
- Note
Chapter 11 General
- Part 11.1 Review of decisions under this Regulation
- Part 11.2 Exemptions
- Part 11.3 Miscellaneous
Schedule 1 Repeals
Schedule 2 Fees
Schedule 3 High risk work licences and classes of high risk work
Schedule 4 High risk work licences—competency requirements
Schedule 5 Registration of plant and plant designs
Schedule 6 Classification of mixtures
Schedule 7 Safety data sheets
Schedule 8 Disclosure of ingredients in safety data sheet
Schedule 9 Classification, packaging and labelling requirements
Schedule 10 Prohibited carcinogens, restricted carcinogens and restricted hazardous chemicals
Schedule 11 Placard and manifest quantities
Schedule 12 Manifest requirements
Schedule 13 Placard requirements
Schedule 14 Requirements for health monitoring
Schedule 15 Hazardous chemicals at major hazard facilities (and their threshold quantity)
Schedule 16 Matters to be included in emergency plan for major hazard facility
Schedule 17 Additional matters to be included in safety management system of major hazard facility
Schedule 18 Additional matters to be included in safety case for a major hazard facility
Schedule 18A Penalty notice offences
Schedule 18B Savings and transitional provisions
Historical notes

Repealed version for 1 July 2017 to 31 August 2017 (accessed 10 December 2019 at 11:06)

Chapter 1 Part 1.3 Clause 13

13 Documents incorporated as in force when incorporated

A reference to any document applied, adopted or incorporated by, or referred to in, this Regulation is to be read as a reference to that document as in force at the time the document is applied, adopted, incorporated or referred to unless express provision is made to the contrary.