Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 203 made under the WorkHealthandSafetyAct2011 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Amendment of s 2 (Commencement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 44 (Provision to workers and use of personal protective equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 56 (Meaning of exposure standard for noise) . . 3 6 Amendment of s 71 (Specific control—atmosphere) . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Amendment of s 75 (Personal protective equipment in emergencies) 4 8 Amendment of s 79 (Specific requirements to minimise risk of fall) 4 9 Amendment of s 144C (Application for licence to carry out demolition work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of s 144F (Decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 Amendment of s 144H (Matters to be taken into account) . . . . . . 5 12 Amendment of s 144ZB (Licence holder to return licence document) 5 13 Amendment of s 215 (Powered mobile plant—specific control measures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 14 Amendment of s 241 (Annual inspection of amusement device) . 5 15 Amendment of s 272A (Duration of registration on commencement) 6 16 Amendment of s 279A (Duration of renewal on commencement) 6 17 Amendment of s 313 (Copy of WHS management plan must be kept) 6

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Contents 18 Amendment of s 315F (Control measures for construction work that is not civil construction work or housing construction work) . 6 19 Amendment of s 326 (Duties of workers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 20 Amendment of s 352 (Review of control measures). . . . . . . . . . . 7 21 Amendment of s 433 (Review of asbestos management plan) . . 7 22 Amendment of s 492 (Application for asbestos removal licence or asbestos assessor licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 23 Amendment of s 500 (Matters to be taken into account) . . . . . . . 7 24 Amendment of s 557 (Emergency plan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 25 Amendment of s 578 (Application for major hazard facility licence) 8 26 Amendment of s 581 (Matters to be taken into account) . . . . . . . 8 27 Amendment of s 598 (Provisions relating to renewal of licence) . 8 28 Amendment of s 603 (Matters to be taken into account) . . . . . . . 8 29 Amendment of s 606 (Immediate suspension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 30 Amendment of s 676 (Which decisions are reviewable). . . . . . . . 9 31 Amendment of s 704 (Duty of officers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 32 Amendment of s 710 (Modification of applied provisions) . . . . . . 9 33 Amendment of s 724 (Applications for high risk work licence until 31 December 2012 if no VET course available) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 34 Amendment of s 726 (Particular licence classes to include other licence classes until 31 December 2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 35 Amendment of s 730 (Existing licence issued before 1 July 2008—high risk work). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 36 Amendment of s 748 (Existing provisions about certificate process continue to apply for a transitional class A asbestos removal licence.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 37 Amendment of s 758 (No need for asbestos register in particular transitional circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 38 Amendment of s 759 (No need for asbestos management plan in particular transitional circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 39 Amendment of s 777 (Particular provision for audiometric testing) 11 40 Amendment of s 779 (Registration of design of particular item of plant not needed until end of 31 December 2012) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 41 Omission of s 780 (Introductory period for registration of domestic lifts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 42 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 43 Amendment of sch 5 (Registration of plant and plant designs) . . 12 44 Amendment of sch 19 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Page 2 2012 SL No. 203

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011. 3 Amendment of s 2 (Commencement) Section 2(2)— omit, insert — ‘(2) Section 343 commences on 1 January 2013. ‘(2A) The following provisions commence on 1 January 2014— (a) section 48; (b) section 217; (c) section 272; (d) section 279(2)(d); (e) sections 432 and 433; (f) part 8.5, division 1.’. 4 Amendment of s 44 (Provision to workers and use of personal protective equipment) Section 44(1), ‘section 20’— omit, insert — ‘section 36’. 5 Amendment of s 56 (Meaning of exposure standard for noise ) Section 56(2), definitions L Aeq,8h and L C,peak , ‘emission’ — omit, insert — 2012 SL No. 203 Page 3

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 6] ‘immission’. 6 Amendment of s 71 (Specific control—atmosphere) (1) Section 71, notes, ‘Section 28’— omit, insert — ‘Section 44’. (2) Section 71, notes, ‘Section 34’— omit, insert — ‘Section 50’. 7 Amendment of s 75 (Personal protective equipment in emergencies) Section 75, note, ‘Section 28’— omit, insert — ‘Section 44’. 8 Amendment of s 79 (Specific requirements to minimise risk of fall) Section 79(4), note, ‘Section 20’— omit, insert — ‘Section 35’. 9 Amendment of s 144C (Application for licence to carry out demolition work) Section 144C(2)(h)(ii), note— omit, insert — ‘ Note — See sections 103 (General littering provision) and 104 (Illegal dumping of waste provision) of that Act for examples of relevant provisions.’. Page 4 2012 SL No. 203

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 10] 10 Amendment of s 144F (Decision on application) Section 144F(5), ‘section 149’— omit, insert — ‘section 144E’. 11 Amendment of s 144H (Matters to be taken into account) Section 144H(b)(ii), note— omit, insert — ‘ Note — See sections 103 (General littering provision) and 104 (Illegal dumping of waste provision) of that Act for examples of relevant provisions.’. 12 Amendment of s 144ZB (Licence holder to return licence document) Section 144ZB, ‘section 162’— omit, insert — ‘section 144Z’. 13 Amendment of s 215 (Powered mobile plant—specific control measures) Section 215(5), ‘subsection (5)’— omit, insert — ‘subsection (4)’. 14 Amendment of s 241 (Annual inspection of amusement device) Section 241(6), ‘subsection (5)(c)’— omit, insert — ‘subsection (5), definition competent person , paragraph (b)’. 2012 SL No. 203 Page 5

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 15] 15 Amendment of s 272A (Duration of registration on commencement) Section 272A(1) and (2), ‘2013’— omit, insert — ‘2014’. 16 Amendment of s 279A (Duration of renewal on commencement) Section 279A(1) and (2), ‘2013’— omit, insert — ‘2014’. 17 Amendment of s 313 (Copy of WHS management plan must be kept) Section 313(3), ‘any who’— omit, insert — ‘any person who’. 18 Amendment of s 315F (Control measures for construction work that is not civil construction work or housing construction work) Section 315F(3)(d)(ii), ‘section 285(3)(a)’— omit, insert — ‘section 315G(3)(a)’. 19 Amendment of s 326 (Duties of workers) Section 326(3)(b), ‘section 320’— omit, insert — ‘section 321’. Page 6 2012 SL No. 203

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 20] 20 Amendment of s 352 (Review of control measures) Section 352(c), ‘section 34’— omit, insert — ‘section 50’. 21 Amendment of s 433 (Review of asbestos management plan) Section 433, example, ‘section 22’— omit, insert — ‘section 38’. 22 Amendment of s 492 (Application for asbestos removal licence or asbestos assessor licence) Section 492(2)(i)(ii), note— omit, insert — ‘ Note — See sections 103 (General littering provision) and 104 (Illegal dumping of waste provision) of that Act for examples of relevant provisions.’. 23 Amendment of s 500 (Matters to be taken into account) Section 500(b)(ii), note— omit, insert — ‘ Note — See sections 103 (General littering provision) and 104 (Illegal dumping of waste provision) of that Act for examples of relevant provisions.’. 24 Amendment of s 557 (Emergency plan) Section 557, note, ‘section 27’— omit, insert — 2012 SL No. 203 Page 7

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 25] ‘section 43’. 25 Amendment of s 578 (Application for major hazard facility licence) Section 578(2)(d), ‘division 3’— omit, insert — ‘division 4’. 26 Amendment of s 581 (Matters to be taken into account) (1) Section 581(1), from ‘relevant matter’ to ‘following’— omit, insert— ‘all relevant matters, including the following’. (2) Section 581(1)(f), ‘for responsibility’— omit, insert — ‘with responsibility’. 27 Amendment of s 598 (Provisions relating to renewal of licence) Section 598(a), ‘section 579’— omit, insert — ‘section 578’. 28 Amendment of s 603 (Matters to be taken into account) Section 603(1)(a), ‘section 603’— omit, insert — ‘section 604’. 29 Amendment of s 606 (Immediate suspension) Section 606(1), (3)(a) and (5), ‘section 603’— omit, insert — Page 8 2012 SL No. 203

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 30] ‘section 604’. 30 Amendment of s 676 (Which decisions are reviewable) (1) Section 676(1), table 676, item 26, ‘321’— omit, insert — ‘322’. (2) Section 676(1), table 676, item 26, after ‘issue’— insert — ‘or replace’. (3) Section 676(1), table 676, item 27, ‘322’— omit, insert — ‘323’. (4) Section 676(1), table 676, item 82— omit . (5) Section 676(1), table 676, items 83 to 107— renumber as items 82 to 106. 31 Amendment of s 704 (Duty of officers) Section 704(1), (2) and (3)(e), ‘(Primary duty of care)’— omit . 32 Amendment of s 710 (Modification of applied provisions) Section 710, ‘section 789’— omit, insert — ‘section 709’. 2012 SL No. 203 Page 9

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 33] 33 Amendment of s 724 (Applications for high risk work licence until 31 December 2012 if no VET course available) Section 724, ‘2012’— omit, insert — ‘2013’. 34 Amendment of s 726 (Particular licence classes to include other licence classes until 31 December 2012) (1) Section 726, heading, ‘until 31 December 2012’— omit. (2) Section 726(2) to (4) and (7), ‘2012’— omit, insert — ‘2013’. 35 Amendment of s 730 (Existing licence issued before 1 July 2008—high risk work) Section 730(4), ‘2012’— omit, insert — ‘2013’. 36 Amendment of s 748 (Existing provisions about certificate process continue to apply for a transitional class A asbestos removal licence.) Section 748(5), from ‘a part’ to ‘do not’— omit, insert — ‘part 8.10, divisions 3 to 6 does not’. 37 Amendment of s 758 (No need for asbestos register in particular transitional circumstances) Section 758(2), ‘30 June’— Page 10 2012 SL No. 203

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 38] omit, insert — ‘31 December’. 38 Amendment of s 759 (No need for asbestos management plan in particular transitional circumstances) Section 759(2), ‘30 June’— omit, insert — ‘31 December’. 39 Amendment of s 777 (Particular provision for audiometric testing) Section 777(3), ‘12 months’— omit, insert — ‘2 years’. 40 Amendment of s 779 (Registration of design of particular item of plant not needed until end of 31 December 2012) Section 779, ‘2012’— omit, insert — ‘2013’. 41 Omission of s 780 (Introductory period for registration of domestic lifts) Section 780— omit . 42 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) Schedule 2, table 2.1, item 5, ‘s 144U(2)’— omit, insert — ‘s 144U(4)(c)’. 2012 SL No. 203 Page 11

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 43] 43 Amendment of sch 5 (Registration of plant and plant designs) (1) Schedule 5, part 2, section 3.4, after ‘walkways’— insert — ‘, except lifts stated in section 4(2)’. (2) Schedule 5, part 2, section 3.6, ‘section 4(2)’— omit, insert — ‘section 4(3)’. (3) Schedule 5, part 2, section 4(2)— renumber as section 4(3). (4) Schedule 5, part 2, section 4— insert — ‘(2) Lifts installed in a private residence within the meaning of AS 1735.1:2003 (Lifts, escalators and moving walks—General requirements) are excluded from section 3.4.’. 44 Amendment of sch 19 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 19, heading— omit, insert — ‘Schedule 19 Dictionary section 5’. (2) Schedule 19, definitions commencement and duty holder — omit . (3) Schedule 19— insert — ‘ commencement — Page 12 2012 SL No. 203

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 44] (a) for part 13.1—means the commencement of the section in which the term is used; or (b) for part 13.2—see section 768. duty holder , for part 3.1, means a person mentioned in section 32. fall protection cover , for part 6.3, division 4, see section 306A. permitted work , for part 6.3, division 4, see section 306A.’. (4) Schedule 19, definitions asbestos management code , bonded asbestos removal certificate , competent person , paragraph (fa), former NOHSC , friable asbestos certificate , Information paper AR1 , Information paper AR2 , transitional class A asbestos removal licence and transitional class B asbestos removal licence , ‘division 7’— omit, insert — ‘division 9’. (5) Schedule 19, definition asbestos removal work , paragraph (b), before ‘part’— insert — ‘for’. (6) Schedule 19, definitions dangerous goods , high risk plant , notifiable incident , occupier , owner , public health and safety duty , relevant activity , relevant person and relevant premises , ‘section 789’— omit, insert — ‘section 702’. (7) Schedule 19, definition housing construction work , ‘chapter 6’— omit, insert — ‘part 6.3, division 4’. (8) Schedule 19, definition repealed DGSM Act , ‘division 1,’— omit . 2012 SL No. 203 Page 13

Work Health and Safety Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 [s 44] (9) Schedule 19, definition table , from ‘division 2’— omit, insert — ‘division 4, see section 721.’. (10) Schedule 19, definition transitional demolition work licence , ‘section 789(4)’— omit, insert — ‘section 732(4)’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 15 November 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 16 November 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. © State of Queensland 2012 Page 14 2012 SL No. 203