Equipment (Public Safety) (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (Vic)

Equipment (Public Safety) (General) (Amendment)

Regulations 1998

S.R. No. 4/1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objective	1
2.	Authorising provision	1
3.	Principal Regulations	1
4.	Amendment of definitions	2
5.	Amendment of Principal Regulations	2

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STATUTORY RULES 1998

S.R. No. 4/1998

Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994

Equipment (Public Safety) (General) (Amendment)

Regulations 1998

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 20 January 1998

Responsible Minister:

ROGER M. HALLAM

Minister for Finance

SHARNE BRYAN

Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the
Equipment (Public Safety) (General) Regulations
1995 to alter certain references as a result of
amendments made under the Accident
Compensation (Occupational Health and

Safety) Act 1996.

2. Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 36 of the Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994.

3. Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Equipment (Public
Safety) (General) Regulations 19951 are called the
Principal Regulations.

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4. Amendment of definitions

In regulation 104 of the Principal Regulations—

(a)

after the definition of "administrative ' "agency" means a person or body that has

the power under the law of the
Commonwealth of Australia or the law
of an Australian State or Territory to
require design notification or
registration of prescribed equipment in
a manner which is reasonably
equivalent to the requirements under

Part 8 of these Regulations;'; and

(b)

for the definition of "Authority" ' "Authority" means the Victorian

WorkCover Authority established under section 18 of the Accident Compensation Act 1985;'; and

(c)

in the definition of "published technical "agency".

5. Amendment of Principal Regulations

In the Principal Regulations—

(a)	in regulations 106, 307, 404, 607, 801, 802 and 805(2) for "Minister" (wherever occurring) substitute "Authority"; and
(b)	in regulation 106(5), for "Minister's" substitute "Authority's"; and
(c)	in regulation 804 and 805(2) for "Authority" substitute "agency"; and

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(d) in regulation 805(1) for "Minister or the Authority" substitute "Authority or the agency".

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1 S.R. No. 82/1995.