Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00248:section:33:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015C00248
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 33 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 45740–48598

33  Regulations relating to occupational health and safety
 (1) Subject to this Act, the regulations may make provision relating to any matter affecting, or likely to affect, the occupational health and safety of:
 (a) employees employed on a prescribed ship or prescribed unit; or
 (b) contractors working on a prescribed ship or prescribed unit; or
 (c) other persons on or near a prescribed ship or prescribed unit.
 (2) In particular, but without limiting subsection (1), those regulations may make provision for any or all of the following:
 (a) prohibiting or restricting the performance of all work or specified work at a workplace or by employees or contractors at work;
 (b) prohibiting or restricting the use of all plant or specified plant at a workplace or by employees or contractors at work;
 (c) prohibiting or restricting the carrying out of all processes or procedures, or a specified process or procedure, at a workplace or by employees or contractors at work;
 (d) prohibiting or restricting the storage or use of all substances or specified substances at a workplace or by employees or contractors at work;
 (e) specifying the form in which information required to be made available to an operator under paragraph 15(4), 16(4) or 19(4) 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 workplace or by employees or contractors at work;
 (g) providing for the issue, variation, renewal, transfer, suspension and cancellation of such licences, the conditions to which the licences may be subject and the fees payable for the issue, variation or transfer of the licences;
 (h) regulating the maintenance and testing of plant used at a workplace or by employees or contractors at work;
 (i) regulating the labelling or marking of substances used at a workplace or by employees or contractors at work;
 (j) regulating the transport of specified plant or specified substances for use at a workplace or by employees or contractors at work;
 (k) prohibiting the performance, at a workplace or by employees or contractors at work, 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 workplaces of persons to perform specified duties relating to the maintenance of occupational health and safety at workplaces;
 (o) regulating the provision and use of protective clothing and equipment, safety equipment and rescue equipment, at a workplace or by employees