Application for exemption under the Work Health and Safety Regulation - privacy collection notice
Who we are
Your information is being collected by SafeWork NSW Agency, the NSW Work Health and Safety Regulator. SafeWork NSW gives priority to protecting the privacy of your personal information, in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (PPIP Act).
The Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025 (WHS Regulation) has a general power that provides for SafeWork NSW to grant an exemption from compliance with any of the WHS Regulations. The issuing of an exemption is based on the understanding that the alternative agreed course of action will provide at least an equivalent level of health and safety to that achieved by complying with the WHS Regulation.
Why we collect your personal information
SafeWork NSW is collecting this information for the purposes of undertaking the evaluation, assessment and processing of an exemption under the WHS Regulation, and for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the legislation.
The kinds of personal information we collect
We may collect the following information:
- The first name, last name, and email address for the individual’s applying.
- Work head office address and work phone number.
- Personal information that may be collected in your feedback for the form.
Failure to provide information
SafeWork NSW is required under the WHS Act and WHS Regulation to collect this information for its assessment of the exemption.
How we may use this information
We may use the information we collect in the following ways:
- Undertaking the evaluation, assessment and processing of an exemption under the WHS Act and WHS Regulation.
- Internal administrative purposes, including to establish and maintain a database to assist the SafeWork NSW inspectorate with their work, and in relation to compliance, investigations, and enforcement of the WHS Act and the WHS Regulation.
- To support more informed policy making, program management, evaluation, research, and service planning as it can facilitate more efficient service delivery for the public of NSW.
- Other directly related purposes.
Who we may share your information with
Where SafeWork NSW is permitted, authorised, or required to use or disclose information in accordance with legal requirements or a law of the State or Commonwealth, measures will be taken to minimise the unnecessary disclosure of personal information.
We will not disclose your information to anybody else unless we are authorised or permitted to do so by law or where you have given consent. Our privacy statement describes when this may occur.
Protecting your information
We will store and manage your information in accordance with the provisions of the PPIP Act. We have measures in place to help protect your personal information from loss, unauthorised access, use, modification, disclosure, or other misuse.
We will only keep information for as long as we need it to fulfil the purposes, we collected it for. After which, the information will be disposed of securely in accordance with the State Records Act 1998 and any other applicable legislation.
See our privacy management plan for more information about how we handle your personal information.
Your rights
Subject to certain conditions, you have the right to access or correct your personal information. If you wish to invoke any of the above rights, please contact us using the details below.
Contact us
For assistance with this process, call 13 10 50 or email operational.practice@safework.nsw.gov.au.
If you would like to make a privacy enquiry or complaint, you can contact our privacy team at privacy@safework.nsw.gov.au.
SafeWork NSW
94-100 Donnison St
Gosford 2250 NSW