Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulations 2021

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 22 December 2021

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 –

(a) requiring persons at a workplace –

(i) to wear a helmet when using a quad bike; and

(ii) to undergo training before using a quad bike; and

(iii) not to carry a passenger on a quad bike unless the bike is designed to carry a seated passenger; and

(b) updating references to the Workplace Exposure Standard for Airborne Contaminants, the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) and Australian Standards that have been superseded.