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Repeal of Regulations Postponement Bill (No. 2) 2011
· This Bill is one of a package of Bills developed to give effect
to the national model work health and safety laws in
Tasmania.
· The Work Health and Safety Bill 2011 and the Work Health
and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions Bill) 2011
together repeal and replace the existing Workplace Health
and Safety Act 1995 with a proposed Act mirroring the
provisions of the national Model Work Health and Safety
Bill.
· The commencement of the above Bills is dependent on
proposed regulations, based on the national Model Work
Health and Safety Regulations, commencing on the same day.
· The intended commencement date is 1 January 2012.
However, given that the model regulations have been
developed through national processes, and have already
suffered some delays, there is a potential for further delays
to occur.
· Tasmania's staged repeal of the Workplace Health and Safety
Regulations 1998 is due to be effected on 1 January 2012.
· To prevent any time gap arising between the repeal of the
existing Workplace Health and Safety Regulations and the
coming into effect of the replacement regulations, if the
latter are delayed, the Bill postpones the repeal date of the
former until 1 January 2013.