Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act 2000 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Occupational Health and Safety Amendment
Act 2000

No 20 of 2000

An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989

[Notified in ACT Gazette No. 24: 15 June 2000]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act 2000.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences immediately after the commencement of section 10 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1999.

Note     The provisions of an Act providing for its name and commencement automatically commence on the date of notification of the Act (see Interpretation Act 1967, s 10B).

1. Act amended

   This Act amends the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989.

2. Staff

   Section 25I is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:

3. The commissioner has all the powers of a chief executive in relation to the staff assisting him or her as if the staff were employed in a department under the control of the commissioner.

4. Insertion

   After section 25J the following section is inserted:

“25K Application of Financial Management Act 1996

Unless the contrary intention appears, the provisions of Parts 2 to 5 of the Financial Management Act 1996 apply to the commissioner as if—

(a)a reference in those provisions to a department included a reference to the commissioner and the staff assisting the commissioner; and

(b)a reference in those provisions to the responsible chief executive included a reference to the commissioner.”.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 29 March 2000]

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