Act

ACT Workcover - Chief Minister's Department, Australian Capital Territory Government administers and enforces the following Acts:

• Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989;

• Machinery Act 1949;

• Scaffolding and Lifts Act 1912.

Safety duties are imposed upon employers, persons in control of a workplace, employees, self-employed persons, manufacturers and suppliers of plant and substances, erectors and installers of plant to eliminate or minimise the risk of injuries at or near a workplace.

Act

Regulation

ACT Workcover administers, implements and enforces the following legislation:

• Occupational Health and Safety (General) Regulation 2007;

• Occupational Health and Safety (Manual Handling) Regulation 1997;

• Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000.

Regulation

Publications

ACT Workcover has a range of publications that provide practical occupational health and safety guidance and information to industry.

• Fact sheets;

• Guides;

• Risk assessments;

• Information papers;

• Checklists.

Publications

Reporting and Notification

ACT Workcover impose specific notification, reporting and registration requirements in relation to the following:

• Incident notification;

• Building and construction work;

• Dangerous goods;

• Registration of plant;

• Electrical safety reporting.

Reporting

Codes of Practice

ACT Workcover codes of practice provide practical guidance and advice on how to achieve a standard required by the act and regulation.

Guidance and advice in a code of practice is not legislation, it should be adopted unless a person chooses an alternative control measure or course of action that achieves an equivalent or better standard than that recommended in a code of practice.

• Codes of practice are developed in consultation with employers, employees, industry and union representatives and government agencies.

Codes of Practice

Related Legislation

Links to Australian Capital Territory Government legislation provides persons with access to information relevant and pertinent to a related workplace matter.

A workplace matter that would require an employer, contractor or employee to make enquires would include but not be limited to a:

• Workers compensation;

• Dangerous goods;

• Scaffolding and lifts.

Related Legislation