Occupational Safety and Health Amendment Regulations 2020 (WA)
3292 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 25 September 2020
WORKSAFE
WS301
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984
Occupational Safety and Health Amendment
Regulations 2020
(a) regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette; (b)
the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day. SI, 2020/182
Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
1. Citation
These regulations are the Occupational Safety and Health
Amendment Regulations 2020.
2. Commencement
These regulations come into operation as follows —
25 September 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3293
3. Regulations amended These regulations amend the Occupational Safety and Health
Regulations 1996.
4. Regulation 3.37 amended
In regulation 3.37 in the definition of toxic atmosphere delete paragraph (a) and insert:
(a) an atmosphere in which there is an atmospheric contaminant in a concentration exceeding the exposure standard for the contaminant — (i) specified in the National Exposure
Standards [NOHSC: 1003 (1995)]; or
(ii) if the Minister determines an exposure standard under regulation 5.1(3) for that contaminant — as so determined;
and
5. Regulation 5.1 amended
(1) In regulation 5.1(1) delete the definition of exposure standard
and insert:
exposure standard, in relation to a substance specified
in the National Exposure Standards [NOHSC: 1003
(1995)], means —
(a)
the exposure standard specified in those Standards for the substance; or
(b)
in relation to such a substance for which a different exposure standard is determined by the Minister under subregulation (3)— the
exposure standard as so determined;
(2) After regulation 5.1(2) insert:
(3) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the
Commission, determine in writing that an exposure
standard other than that specified for a substance in theNational Exposure Standards [NOHSC: 1003 (1995)] applies to that substance. V. MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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