Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act (No. 2) 2011 (TAS)

Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act (No. 2) 2011

An Act to postpone the repeal of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998

[Royal Assent 7 December 2011]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act (No. 2) 2011 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 3Postponement of repeal (1)  The staged repeal of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 that, but for this section, was to have been effected on 1 January 2012 is postponed until 1 January 2013. (2)  Subsection (1) does not prevent the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 from being rescinded before 1 January 2013. (3)  In this section – staged repeal in relation to the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998 means the repeal that was to be effected by section 11 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 but was postponed under the Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act 2008 , the Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act (No. 2) 2009 and the Repeal of Regulations Postponement Act (No. 2) 2010 . 4Administration of ActUntil provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990  – (a) the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Workplace Relations; and (b) the department responsible to that Minister in relation to the administration of this Act is the Department of Justice. 5ExpiryThis Act expires on 2 January 2013.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 15 NOVEMBER 2011

Legislative Council on 22 NOVEMBER 2011]