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Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011.

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Australia
Queensland
Occupational safety and health
2011
State or Province
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

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Some of the requirements in the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011(WHS Regulation) which are under review have a delayed commencement due to come into effect on 1 January 2014 or transitional arrangements that would expire on 31 December 2013. To ensure that businesses are not placed in a situation where they are expected to comply with requirements which may change over the next year amendments have been made to the WHS Regulation. The commencement of certain provisions and transitional arrangements that relate to areas that are under review have been further delayed or extended until 1 January 2015.

The Work Health and Safety and Another Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 (the amendment Regulation) came into effect on 15 November 2013 and makes the following amendments:

- Further extends certain transitional arrangements and the commencement date of a number of uncommenced provisions in the WHS Regulation to 1 January 2015.
- Extension of transitional arrangements for high risk work licensing where the national competency units and assessment instruments are not yet available until 1 January 2015 to allow time for the training packages to become available and adopted by registered training organisations.
- New provisions to give permanent effect to class exemptions granted for certified bridge and gantry crane operators and intermediate boiler operators.
- Clarify requirements for specific control measures to be used where there is a risk of a falling:
at least three metres in housing construction work; or
at least two metres in other construction work.
- Make minor and technical amendments to ensure consistency with the national model WHS Regulations. See further information below.
- From 1 December 2013, repeal specific provisions relating to spray painting and excavation work that were carried over from the repealed Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2008 as an interim measure until new national model codes of practice were finalised. New codes of practice for Excavation Work and Spraypainting and Powder Coating come into effect on 1 December 2013.

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