Bill
Safe Work Australia Amendment (Role and Functions) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-08-16. Employment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Employment
Recorded stages
- second reading — 2017-05-31
- introduced — 2017-05-31
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- third reading — 2017-08-10
- introduced — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- third reading — 2017-08-10
- passed — 2017-08-10
- royal assent — 2017-08-16
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-05-31.
The bill would update the role of Safe Work Australia to keep its functions current.
It would add an overarching statement on how the body leads national work health and safety and workers' compensation policy, and simplify its listed functions.
The bill would replace old terms like 'occupational health and safety' and 'Ministerial Council', and confirm that WHS ministers still approve the model WHS framework.
- Adds an overarching statement to guide Safe Work Australia's work.
- Updates, consolidates and simplifies the body's functions.
- Replaces outdated terminology.
- Clarifies that WHS ministers continue to approve the model WHS legislative framework.
Safe Work Australia, its stakeholders and WHS ministers.
Sources
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