Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:clause:3_2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 2
Character Range: 2172206–2173987

2  Simplified outline
  The following is a simplified outline of this Schedule:

         • This Schedule sets up a scheme to regulate occupational health and safety matters at or near facilities located in Commonwealth waters.
         • Occupational health and safety duties are imposed on the following:
             (a) the operator of a facility;
             (b) a person in control of a part of a facility, or of any work carried out at a facility;
             (c) an employer;
             (d) a manufacturer of plant, or a substance, for use at a facility;
             (e) a supplier of a facility, or of any plant or substance for use at a facility;
             (f) a person who erects or installs a facility, or any plant at a facility;
             (g) a person at a facility.
         • A group of members of the workforce at a facility may be established as a designated work group.
         • The members of a designated work group may select a health and safety representative for that designated work group.
         • The health and safety representative may exercise certain powers for the purpose of promoting or ensuring the health and safety of the group members.
         • A NOPSEMA inspector may conduct an inspection:
             (a) to ascertain whether a listed OHS law is being complied with; or
             (b) concerning an accident or dangerous occurrence that has happened at or near a facility.
         • The powers that a NOPSEMA inspector may exercise for the purposes of an OHS inspection are in addition to the powers in relation to listed OHS laws that the inspector may exercise for the purposes of Division 1 of Part 6.5 of this Act.
         • The operator of a facility must report accidents and dangerous occurrences to NOPSEMA.