Work Health And Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2011 (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) IMPLEMENTATION ACT 2011

As in force at 1 March 2012

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

This reprint shows the Act as in force at 1 March 2012.  Any amendments that commence after that date are not included.

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) IMPLEMENTATION ACT 2011

An Act to provide for the implementation of the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011, and for other purposes

Part 1Preliminary matters 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2011.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the day fixed by the Administrator by Gazette notice.

Part 4General matters 32Transitional regulations

• (1)

  The Administrator may make regulations under this section.

• (2)

  A regulation may provide for a matter of a transitional nature because of the enactment of:

  • (a)

    the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act; (including the making of regulations under that Act for the purposes of Schedule 1 to that Act); or

  • (b)

    the Work Health Administration Act; or

  • (c)

    this Act.

• (3)

  The regulation may have retrospective operation to a day not earlier than the commencement of this section.

• (4)

  However, to the extent to which the regulation has retrospective operation, it does not operate to the disadvantage of a person (other than the Territory or a Territory authority) by:

  • (a)

    decreasing the person’s rights; or

  • (b)

    imposing liabilities on the person.

• (5)

  A regulation may modify the transitional provisions in the Acts to make provision in relation to anything that, in the Administrator’s opinion, is not, or is not adequately or appropriately, dealt with in the transitional provisions in the Acts.

• (6)

  In this section:

  transitional provisions in the Acts means the following:

  • (a)

    Part 15 of the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act;

  • (b)

    Part 5 of the Work Health Administration Act.

  34Expiry of Act
• (1)

  This Act, other than Parts 1 and 4, expires on the day after this section commences.

• (2)

  Section 32 and each regulation made under that section expire 2 years after the commencement of this section.

• (3)

  Section 33 expires on the expiry date declared under subsection (5).

• (4)

  Part 1 and this section expire on the later of the expiration of section 32 or the expiration of section 33.

• (5)

  The Administrator may, by Gazette notice, declare an expiry date for subsection (3) if satisfied that the continued operation of section 33 is no longer required.

   

ENDNOTES

• 1

  KEY

Key to abbreviations

 

amd = amended od = order

app = appendix om = omitted

bl = by-law pt = Part

ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule

cl = clause rem = remainder

div = Division renum = renumbered

exp = expires/expired rep = repealed

f = forms s = section

Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule

hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision

ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation

lt = long title sub = substituted

nc = not commenced

• 2

  LIST OF LEGISLATION

Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2011 (Act No. 38, 2011)
Assent date	14 December 2011
Commenced	2 January 2012 (Gaz S78, 30 December 2011)

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  LIST OF AMENDMENTS

pt 2 hdg             exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

s 3                     exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

pt 3 hdg             exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

pt 3

div 1 hdg           exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

ss 4 – 28            exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

pt 3

div 2 hdg           exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

ss 29 – 30          exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

pt 3

div 3 hdg           exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

s 31                   exp No. 38, 2011, s 34

s 33                   exp Gaz S13, 1 March 2012