Public Health and Wellbeing (Prescribed Accommodation) Amendment Regulations 2022 (Vic)

Public Health and Wellbeing (Prescribed Accommodation) Amendment Regulations 2022

S.R. No. 89/2022

table of provisions

Regulation  Page

1Objectives

2Authorising provisions

3Commencement

4Principal Regulations

5Definitions

6Prescribed accommodation

7Accommodation that is not prescribed accommodation

8Discharge of sewage and wastewater in prescribed accommodation

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Endnotes

statutory rules 2022

S.R. No. 89/2022

Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008

Public Health and Wellbeing (Prescribed Accommodation) Amendment Regulations 2022

The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's deputy, with the advice of the Executive Council, makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 20 September 2022

Responsible Minister:

MARY-ANNE THOMAS
Minister for Health

Alexandra Debeljakovic

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objectives

The objectives of these Regulations are to amend the Public Health and Wellbeing (Prescribed Accommodation) Regulations 2020—

(a)to prescribe labour hire accommodation as prescribed accommodation; and

(b)to make minor and consequential amendments.

2Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under sections 232 and 235 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008.

3Commencement

(1)These Regulations, except regulations 5, 6 and 7, come into operation on 1 October 2022.

(2)Regulations 5, 6 and 7 come into operation on 15 February 2023.

4   Principal Regulations 

In these Regulations, the Public Health and Wellbeing (Prescribed Accommodation) Regulations 2020[1] are called the Principal Regulations.

5Definitions

In regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations insert the following definition—

"labour hire accommodation means any house, building, structure or site (including any shared facilities on a site), whether temporary or permanent, used to provide accommodation for a worker under, or in connection with, a labour hire arrangement with that worker—

(a)whether or not that worker pays for the accommodation; and

(b)in which the total number of workers who may occupy the accommodation is not less than 4; and

(c)if the accommodation is not a class of accommodation prescribed to be prescribed accommodation in regulation (6)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f);

Examples

Examples of labour hire accommodation may include the following—

(a)    accommodation on a farm for workers provided by a labour hire provider;

(b)    residential housing provided for workers;

(c)    accommodation provided on one farm for workers who provide labour hire on another farm;

(d)    the same accommodation provided to workers by more than one labour hire provider;

(e)    on a site with caravans provided for workers, any shared facilities, such as toilets or shower blocks.".

6Prescribed accommodation

(1)In regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations, after "purposes of" insert "the definition of prescribed accommodation in".

(2)In regulation 6(f) of the Principal Regulations, for "houses." substitute "houses;".

(3)After regulation (6)(f) of the Principal Regulations insert—

"(g)labour hire accommodation.".

7Accommodation that is not prescribed accommodation

In regulation 7(i) of the Principal Regulations, for "house;" insert "house or labour hire accommodation;".

8Discharge of sewage and wastewater in prescribed accommodation

For regulation 17(b) of the Principal Regulations substitute—

"(b)to a wastewater treatment or management system authorised by a permission under the Environment Protection Act 2017.".

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Endnotes

[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 132/2020 amended by S.R. No. 51/2021.