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AUS-2008-L-81940
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Title_of_text
Work Safety Act 2008 (A2008-51).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Australia
Territorial subdivision(s)
Australian Capital Territory
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health
Adopted on (Date of text)
2008-09-16
Scope of text
State or Province
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Work Safety Act 2008 will wholly replace the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989.
Part 1 - Preliminary
Part 2 - Operation of Act
Part 3 - Work safety duties
Part 4 - Workplace arrangements
Part 5 - Enforcement powers
Part 6 - Compliance measures
Part 7 - Administrative review of decisions
Part 8 - Administration
Part 9 - Work safety council
Part 10 - Work safety commissioner
Part 11 - Chief executive and commissioner reports
Part 12 - Information and evidence
Part 13 - Proceedings and liability
Part 14 - Miscellaneous
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2009-10-01
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End of applicaton region
Date of end of application
2011-12-31
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Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1989-11-14 (AUS-1989-L-81936)
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989 (A1989-18).
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2011-09-29 (AUS-2011-L-93133)
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (A2011-35).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
ACT Legislation Register
Country
Australia
URL
http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2008-51/current/pdf/2008-51.pdf