Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 Notice of Revocation and Approval (Notice No. 1 of 2004) (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
(COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991

NOTICE OF REVOCATION AND APPROVAL

Notice No. 1 of 2004

I, Kevin Andrews, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, under subsection 70 (1) of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 (the Act):

1. revoke the Code of Practice for Health Care Workers and Other People at Risk of the Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B in the Workplace, approved by the Notice of Approval No. 1 of 1994.

2. approve the Code of Practice for the Control of Work-related Exposure to Hepatitis and HIV Viruses in Australian Government Employment.

   Under sub-section 70(4)(a) of the Act the code of practice approved at paragraph (ii) above is to apply generally.

   The revocation and the approval will each come into effect on and from the date of publication of this notice in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.

   Dated              10                    day of August   2004

   KEVIN ANDREWS

   Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations