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INTRODUCTION
Terms of Reference for the Review
1. The Minister for Justice and Workplace Relations, the Hon. Steve
Kons, MHA, provided the following terms of reference for the
review of workplace health and safety in Tasmania, 2006:
The review of workplace health and safety in Tasmania
is to examine the legislative and administrative
frameworks within which workplace health and safety is
regulated to ensure they are designed to meet the
changing circumstances of workplaces and the
developing economy effectively.
In particular, the review will consider and provide
recommendations upon improvements that may be
made to the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 and
the administration of workplace health and safety by
Workplace Standards Tasmania:
1. To ensure that the workplace health and safety
legislative framework takes account of changes that
affect, or may affect, workplace health and safety such
as changes in the labour market, industrial relations and
new and emerging risks in the workplace;
2. To ensure that legislated duties and obligations are
updated so that they are clearly understood by all duty
holders and enforcers of the legislation;
3. To ensure that the nature of offences is clear and that
penalties associated with offences have appropriate
deterrent effect so as to increase compliance with the
legislation;
4. To ensure that all parties in the workplace clearly
understand their role and responsibilities for workplace
health and safety;
5. To improve the effectiveness of the administration of
workplace health and safety in achieving the purposes
of the legislation; and
6. To further reduce the incidence of workplace
accident, injury and illness to achieve the Targets of the
National Occupational Health & Safety Improvement
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