Work Health and Safety (Review Recommendations) Amendment Bill 2024 (SA)

South Australia Work Health and Safety (Review Recommendations) Amendment Bill 2024 A Bill For An Act to amend the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 and to make related amendments to the Fair Work Act 1994.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement Part 2—Amendment of Work Health and Safety Act 2012 3 Amendment of section 4—Definitions 4 Amendment of section 10—Act binds the Crown 5 Insertion of Part 1 Division 5 Division 5—SafeWork SA Advisory Committee 12A Establishment of committee 12B Terms and conditions of office 12C Functions 12D Procedures at meetings 12E Conflict of interest 12F Confidentiality 12G Use of staff and facilities 6 Amendment of section 85—Health and safety representative may direct that unsafe work cease 7 Insertion of section 85A 85A Reasonable concern 8 Insertion of Part 5 Division 7A Division 7A—Work health and safety disputes 102A Definitions for Division 102B Notice of dispute may be given to SAET 102C Action for settling dispute 102D Review of particular decisions made by inspector 102E Decision not to deal with dispute 102F Costs 9 Amendment of section 117—Entry to inquire into suspected contraventions 10 Amendment of section 118—Rights that may be exercised while at workplace 11 Amendment of section 143—Contravening order made to deal with dispute 12 Insertion of section 152A 152A Right of regulator to intervene in proceedings 13 Amendment of section 223—Which decisions are reviewable 14 Amendment of section 231—Procedure if prosecution is not brought 15 Amendment of section 232—Limitation period for prosecutions 16 Amendment of section 254—When is a provision a WHS civil penalty provision 17 Amendment of section 260—Proceeding may be brought by the regulator or an inspector 18 Insertion of section 260A 260A Proceeding may be brought by a party for contravention of certain orders relating to arbitrations 19 Amendment of section 262—Recovery of a monetary penalty 20 Insertion of section 271A 271A Additional ways that regulator may disclose information 21 Amendment of section 274—Approved codes of practice 22 Amendment of Schedule 2—Local tripartite consultation arrangements 23 Amendment of Schedule 5—Provisions of local application Schedule 1—Related amendments, transitional provisions and review Part 1—Related amendment of Fair Work Act 1994 1 Amendment of section 218A—Functions and powers of Consultative Council Part 2—Transitional provisions and review 2 Interpretation 3 Notices under new Part 5 Division 7A 4 Applications to SAET under new section 260A 5 Executive Director 6 Review