Work Health and Safety Variation Regulations 2015 (SA)

South Australia

Work Health and Safety Variation Regulations 2015

under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012

4            Variation of regulation 702—Confidentiality of information—exception relating to administration of enforcement of other laws

5            Variation of regulation 706—Registration of employers

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Work Health and Safety Variation Regulations 2015.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2015.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012

4—Variation of regulation 702—Confidentiality of information—exception relating to administration of enforcement of other laws

Regulation 702(p) and (q)—delete paragraphs (p) and (q) and substitute:

(p)the Return to Work Act 2014;

(q)the Return to Work Corporation of South Australia Act 1994.

5—Variation of regulation 706—Registration of employers

1. Regulation 706(1)(a)—delete "Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986" and substitute:

   Return to Work Act 2014

2. Regulation 706(1)(b)—delete "Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986" and substitute:

   Return to Work Act 2014

3. Regulation 706(3)—delete subregulation (3) and substitute:

   (3)For the purposes of clause 2(10) of Schedule 5 of the Act, the periodical fee that applies under clause 2 of Schedule 5 of the Act is payable by an employer to RTWSA wherever the employer must make a payment of premium under section 144 of the Return to Work Act 2014 or must pay a fee under section 146 of that Act (and if a person fails to pay a fee, or the full amount of a fee, in accordance with this regulation then the unpaid amount will be taken to be unpaid premium or an unpaid fee (as the case requires) under Part 9 of the Return to Work Act 2014).

4. Regulation 706(5)—delete "Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986" and substitute:

   Return to Work Act 2014

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 19 March 2015

No 32 of 2015

MIR0015/15CS