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Occupational Health and Safety
Amendment (Authorised
Representatives) Bill 2009
No , 2009
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 in relation to
authorised representatives of industrial organisations who may exercise investigation
powers under that Act.
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Authorised Representatives)
Clause 1 Bill 2009
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Authorised 3
Representatives) Act 2009. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 6
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Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Authorised Representatives)
Bill 2009
Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 No 40 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment of Occupational Health and 1
Safety Act 2000 No 40 2
[1] Section 76 Definition 3
Omit the definition of authorised representative. Insert instead: 4
authorised representative of an industrial organisation of 5
employees, means a person who is an authorised industrial 6
officer within the meaning of Part 7 of Chapter 5 of the Industrial 7
Relations Act 1996 in respect of that industrial organisation of 8
employees. 9
[2] Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions 10
Insert at the end of clause 1 (1): 11
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Authorised 12
Representatives) Act 2009 13
[3] Schedule 3, Part 6 14
Insert after Part 5: 15
Part 6 Provision relating to Occupational Health 16
and Safety Amendment (Authorised 17
Representatives) Act 2009 18
23 Authorised representatives 19
(1) In this clause: 20
amending Act means the Occupational Health and Safety 21
Amendment (Authorised Representatives) Act 2009. 22
authorised representative has the same meaning as in Division 3 23
of Part 5 of this Act. 24
(2) Before the commencement of Schedule 1 [1] to the amending 25
Act, a person who for any period was an authorised industrial 26
officer within the meaning of Part 7 of Chapter 5 of the Industrial 27
Relations Act 1996 is taken, for the purposes of this or any other 28
Act or law, to have been an authorised representative during that 29
same period. 30
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Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Authorised Representatives)
Bill 2009
Schedule 1 Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 No 40
(3) Any act or omission of a person referred to in subclause (2), that 1
would have been valid had Schedule 1 [1] to the amending Act 2
commenced before the act or omission, is validated. 3
(4) Subclauses (2) and (3) do not affect any decision of a court made 4
before the commencement of this clause. 5
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