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Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) (Federal Safety Officers) General Directions 2017

I, Alan Edwards, Federal Safety Commissioner, make the following General Directions.

Dated 7 June 2017

Alan Edwards
Federal Safety Commissioner

Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 General conduct of Federal Safety Officers
6 Confidentiality
7 Handling of identity cards
8 Entry onto premises other than under subparagraph 72(2)(b)(ii)
9 Notice to produce documents
10 Taking samples of any goods or substances
11 Entry onto premises under subparagraph 72(2)(b)(ii)
12 Emergency Situations
13 Conflicts of interest and disclosure
14 Failure to comply with General Directions not to affect validity of decisions

1 Name
  This instrument is the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) (Federal Safety Officers) General Directions 2017.

2 Commencement
  This instrument commences the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3 Authority
  This instrument is made under subsection 68(5) of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016.

4 Definitions
  In this instrument:
Act means the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Act 2016.
Accreditation Scheme Rules means the Fair Work (Building Industry – Accreditation Scheme) Regulation 2016 as continued in force by item 11 of Schedule 2 to the Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2016 as rules made by the Minister for the purposes of section 43 of the Act;
APS Code of Conduct has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999.
FSO Code of Conduct means the Federal Safety Officer Code of Conduct, dated 1 January 2015, issued by the Federal Safety Commissioner.

5 General conduct of Federal Safety Officers
       (1)  Federal Safety Officers must comply with the FSO Code of Conduct in performing functions and exercising powers under the Act.
       (2)  Federal Safety Officers who:
           (a)    are not APS employees for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999; and
           (b)     who are not otherwise bound by that Act to comply with the APS Code of Conduct,
       must comply with the APS Code of Conduct as if their service as a Federal Safety Officer were 'APS employment' as defined in that Act.

6 Confidentiality
    Section 105 of the Act prescribes requirements that Federal Safety Officers must comply with in handling information obtained in the course of official employment.  These General Directions do not limit any other confidentiality or privacy obligations that may be imposed on Federal Safety Officers.

7 Handling of identity cards
    (1)    Subsection 69(4) of the Act provides that a Federal Safety Officer must carry the identity card issued to that Federal Safety Officer under section 69 at all times when performing functions or exercising powers as a Federal Safety Officer.
    (2)    A Federal Safety Officer