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Work Health and Safety (How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks) Code of Practice 2015

made under the

Work Health and Safety Act 2011, section 274 (Approved Codes of Practice)

1 Name of instrument

This instrument is the Work Health and Safety (How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks) Code of Practice 2015.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3 Code of Practice Approval

I approve the How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks Code of Practice. I am satisfied that this code of practice was developed by a process described in section 274(2) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.

Michaelia Cash
Minister for Employment

17 December 2015

Date

HOW TO MANAGE

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS

Code of Practice

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD
1.  INTRODUCTION
    1.1 Who has responsibility for managing work health and safety risks?
    1.2 The meaning of key terms
    1.3 What is involved in managing risks?
    1.4 When should a risk management approach be used?
2.  STEP 1 – HOW TO IDENTIFY HAZARDS
    2.1 How to find hazards
3.  STEP 2 – HOW TO ASSESS RISKS
    3.1 When should a risk assessment be carried out?
    3.2 How to do a risk assessment
4.  STEP 3 – HOW TO CONTROL RISKS
    4.1 The hierarchy of risk control
    4.2 How to develop and implement control options
    4.3 How to ensure that controls remain effective
5.  STEP 4 – HOW TO REVIEW CONTROLS
6.  KEEPING RECORDS
APPENDIX A – Assessing how things go wrong
APPENDIX B – Risk REGISTER
APPENDIX C – case studies

FOREWORD
This Code of Practice on how to manage work health and safety risks is an approved code of practice under section 274 of the Work Health and Safety Act (the WHS Act).
An approved code of practice is a practical guide to achieving the standards of health, safety
and welfare required under the WHS Act and the Work Health and Safety Regulations (the WHS Regulations).
A code of practice applies to anyone who has a duty of care in the circumstances described in
the code. In most cases, following an approved code of practice would achieve compliance with the health and safety duties in the WHS Act, in relation to the subject matter of the code. Like regulations, codes of practice deal with particular issues and do not cover all hazards or risks that may arise. The health and safety duties require duty holders to consider all risks associated with work, not only those for which regulations and codes of practice exist.
Codes of practice are admissible in court proceedings under the WHS Act and Regulations.