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Notified in the Gazette on 24 December 2014
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 by delaying the commencement of certain regulations until 1 January 2017 and implementing nationally agreed changes to the model Work Health and Safety Regulations including –(a) clarifying exceptions from licensing requirements for high risk work; and(b) providing that high risk work licences may be subject to conditions; and(c) removing a provision relating to protective structures on earth moving machinery; and(d) providing for the mutual recognition of major inspections of registered mobile cranes and registered tower cranes; and(e) extending the control measures for amusement devices to include passenger ropeways; and(f) removing the requirement for design registration for prefabricated formwork; and(g) extending Division 4 of Part 4.7, which relates to electrical work on energised electrical equipment, to the generation of electricity; and(h) providing for the cancellation of registration issued for plant designs or items of plant; and(i) making other miscellaneous amendments.