Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011
The NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation conducted a review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW).
The Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) (the Act) provides a framework to protect the health, safety and welfare of all workers and others in relation to NSW workplaces and work activities. Reviews are scheduled once every five years. This is the first since the Act was introduced.
The scope of this statutory review
Under section 276B of the Act the Minister is required to conduct a review of the Act to determine whether the policy objectives remain valid and whether the terms appropriate for securing those objectives.
This review examined the objectives of the Act and the NSW-specific provisions of both the Act and the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (the Regulation). The review also examined the NSW-specific codes of practice. These codes were introduced in NSW before the adoption of nationally harmonised work health and safety laws, which commenced in NSW on 1 January 2012.
Public consultation
A discussion paper was developed and released for a public consultation from 11 November 2016 to 20 December 2016 inclusive.
The discussion paper advised respondents that their submission would be published on the SafeWork NSW website unless they indicated that they wished their submission to remain confidential.
Non-confidential submissions received
Author | Title | Submission Date |
|---|---|---|
Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine | AFOEM feedback on the NSW Statutory Review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Discussion Paper | 20 December 2016 |
New South Wales Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 – Submission to New South Wales Government | December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 24 November 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 19 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 19 December 2016 | |
Feedback on the 2016/2017 Statutory Review of the WHS Act | 15 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 14 November 2016 | |
Submission - Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 20 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 20 December 2016 | |
| Federation of Hunting Clubs | Review of NSW WHS Act 2011 and Regulation 2011 | 23 December 2016 |
Review of NSW WHS Act 2011 and Regulation 2011 | 19 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 21 December 2016 | |
Submission to the Better Regulation Division Statutory Review of the Work, Health and Safety Act 2011 | 20 February 2017 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 2 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 30 November 2016 | |
Submission to the New South Wales Government – Better Regulation Division (‘BRD’) on the 2016/2017 Statutory Review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) | December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 20 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 19 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 19 December 2016 | |
NSW Work Health and Safety Review November/December 2016 | 20 December 2016 | |
NSW Statutory Review Feedback | 20 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Submission | 19 December 2016 | |
WHS Act review NSW | December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 17 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 | 20 December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) Submission | December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Submission | December 2016 | |
Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) | 21 December 2016 | |
First Statutory review of the Work Health and Safety Legislation | 31 December 2016 |
Review Report
The review has been completed and the Review Report was tabled in the NSW Parliament on 20 June 2017. You can access a copy of the Review Report on this website.
A public information campaign was conducted prior to commencement of the amendments, most of which were finalised by 2017.
For further information on this review, please email legislationreview@safework.nsw.gov.au with the subject heading ‘NSW Statutory Review'.