New WHS codes of practice for the ACT
Recently approved WHS codes of practice have been adopted by the ACT Government and notified on the ACT Legislation Register.
According to Safe Work Australia (SWA), to have legal effect in a jurisdiction a model code of practice must be approved as a code of practice in that jurisdiction.
These codes of practice have been developed and approved by SWA as a model code of practice under the Council of Australian Governments’ Inter-Governmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety for adoption by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments.
The notified codes of practice are:
- Work Health and Safety (Demolition Work Code of Practice) Approval 2015
- Work Health and Safety (Excavation Work Code of Practice) Approval 2015
- Work Health and Safety (First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice) Approval 2015
- Work Health and Safety (Managing Electrical Risks at the Workplace Code of Practice) Approval 2015
- Work Health and Safety (Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces Code of Practice) Approval 2015.
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