Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (Registration of Employers) Regulations 1990 (SA)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE (REGISTRATION

OF EMPLOYERS) REGULATIONS, 1990

REGULATIONS UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH,

SAFETY AND WELFARE ACT, 1986

Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (Registration

of Employers) Regulations, 1990

being

No. 70 of 1990: Gaz. 24 May 1990, p. 14541

as varied by

No. 67 of 1992: Gaz. 4 June 1992, p. 16372

No. 107 of 1993: Gaz. 17 June 1993, p. 19953

No. 27 of 1994: Gaz. 12 May 1994, p. 11994

1 Came into operation 1 July 1990: reg. 2.

2 Came into operation 1 July 1992: reg. 2.

3 Came into operation 1 July 1993: reg. 2.

4 Came into operation 12 May 1994: reg. 2.

Note: Asterisks indicate repeal or deletion of text. For further information see Appendix.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (Registration of Employers) Regulations, 1990.

Commencement

2. These regulations will come into operation on 1 July, 1990.

Revocation

3. The Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (Registration of Workplaces) Regulations,

1987, are revoked.

Interpretation

4. In these regulations—

"the Act" means the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act, 1986:

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Registration fees

5. (1) For the purposes of section 67a(8a) of the Act, the prescribed amount for the 1994/1995 financial year will be $3 349 000, being—

(a)	$80 000 for the component to be retained by the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Corporation under section 67a(7)(a) of the Act; and
(b)	$3 269 000 for the component to be paid to the Department for Industrial Affairs under section 67a(7)(b) of the Act.

(2) Pursuant to section 67a(8c) of the Act, the periodical fee that applies under section 67a of the Act is payable by an employer to the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Corporation whenever the employer must furnish the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Corporation with a return under Division VI of Part V of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, 1986.

(3) No fee is payable in relation to a sheltered workshop, charitable institution or institution for the blind to which section 89 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1972, applies.

Exemptions

6. Pursuant to section 67a(2) of the Act (and in addition to the persons who are exempt from the obligation to be registered as employers under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, 1986), the following persons are exempt from the obligation to be registered as employers under the Act:

(a)	a person carrying out work in relation to a mine to which the Mines and Works Inspection Act, 1920, applies;
(b)	a person carrying out operations to which the Petroleum Act, 1940, or the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act, 1982, apply.

APPENDIX

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Section 4 of Regulation No. 67 of 1992 provided as follows:

4. (1) The variation of registration fees under regulation 3 does not apply to a fee or part of a fee fixed in relation to a levy or part of a levy payable under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1886 in respect of a period prior to 1 July 1992.

(2) The registration fee fixed in relation to a levy or part of a levy payable under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 in respect of a period prior to 1 July 1992 is the fee payable in respect of that period under the principal regulations as in force immediately prior to the commencement of this regulation.

Regulation 4:	definition of "exempt employer" revoked by 107, 1993, reg. 3
Regulation 5(1):	varied by 67, 1992, reg. 3; revoked by 107, 1993, reg. 4(a);

inserted by 27, 1994, reg. 3

Regulation 5(2): varied by 107, 1993, reg. 4(b)