Legislation
The principal legislation relevant to health and safety in New South Wales workplaces is the:
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (opens an external site),
- supported by the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (opens an external site).
Other legislation relating to the environment, health and safety applicable to UTS and its operations include:
New South Wales
All links that appear below open external sites.
- Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
- Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985
- Food Act 2003
- Gene Technology (New South Wales) Act 2003
- Ozone Protection Act 1989
- Pesticides Act 1999
- Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966
- Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
- Public Health Act 2010
- Radiation Control Act 1990
- Smoke-free Environment Act 2000
- Workers Compensation Act 1987
- Workers Compensation Regulation 2010
- Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998
Commonwealth
- Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
- Gene Technology Act 2000
- Gene Technology (Licence Charges) Act 2000
External health and safety management resources
All links below are to external web sites.
Australian government
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New South Wales
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Commonwealth
- Safe Work Australia
formerly the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission - Communicable Diseases Network Australia
- Office of the Gene Technology Regulator
- Safe Work Australia
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Other states and territories
Australian non-government organisations
- Australasian Legal Information Institute
- Standards Australia
- Australasian Radiation Protection Society Inc.
- Safety Institute of Australia
- Risk Management Institution of Australasia
International
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Government
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Non-government organisations
- International Labour Organization - Occupational Health and Safety
- International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
- Exemplar Global (formerly RABQSA)