Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:clause:3_17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 17
Character Range: 2226214–2229097

17  Regulations relating to occupational health and safety
 (1) The regulations may make provision relating to any matter affecting, or likely to affect, the occupational health and safety of persons at a facility.
 (2) Subclause (1) has effect subject to this Schedule.
 (3) Regulations made for the purposes of subclause (1) may make provision for any or all of the following:
 (a) prohibiting or restricting the performance of all work or specified work at a facility;
 (b) prohibiting or restricting the use of all plant or specified plant at a facility;
 (c) prohibiting or restricting the carrying out of all processes or a specified process at a facility;
 (d) prohibiting or restricting the storage or use of all substances or specified substances at a facility;
 (e) specifying the form in which information required to be made available under paragraph 12(1)(c) or (2)(c) or 13(1)(c) of this Schedule is to be so made available;
 (f) prohibiting, except in accordance with licences granted under the regulations, the use of specified plant or specified substances at a facility;
 (g) providing for:
 (i) the issue, variation, renewal, transfer, suspension and cancellation of such licences; and
 (ii) the conditions to which the licences may be subject;
 (h) regulating the maintenance and testing of plant used at a facility;
 (i) regulating the labelling or marking of substances used at a facility;
 (j) regulating the transport of specified plant or specified substances for use at a facility;
 (k) prohibiting the performance, at a facility, of specified activities or work except:
 (i) by persons who satisfy requirements of the regulations as to qualifications, training or experience; or
 (ii) under the supervision specified in the regulations;
 (l) requiring specified action to avoid accidents or dangerous occurrences;
 (m) providing for, or prohibiting, specified action in the event of accidents or dangerous occurrences;
 (n) providing for the employment at a facility of persons to perform specified duties relating to the maintenance of occupational health and safety at the facility;
 (o) regulating the provision and use, at a facility, of protective clothing and equipment, safety equipment and rescue equipment;
 (p) providing for monitoring the health of members of the workforce at a facility and the conditions at the facility;
 (q) requiring employers to keep records of matters related to the occupational health and safety of employees;
 (r) providing for the provision of first aid equipment and facilities at facilities.
 (4) Subclause (3) does not limit subclause (1).
 (5) Regulations made for the purposes of this clause may make different provision in respect of different classes of facility.
 (6) Subclause (5) does not limit subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Part 3—Workplace arrangements

Division 1—Introduction