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Remedial action policy (PDF 155 KB)

TYPE:   Corporate, Policy

This policy outlines the approach WorkSafe will adopt when considering whether to take remedial action. WorkSafe can take remedial action by engaging contractors to make the workplace or situation safe where a duty holder fails to take reasonable steps to comply with a prohibition notice or where a prohibition notice cannot be issued because a duty holder cannot be found.

 
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Policy clarification: Recreational access and the Health and Safety at Work Act (2015) (PDF 152 KB)

TYPE:   Policy
TOPIC:   Health and safety at work

There’s often uncertainty about how the Health and Safety at Work Act (2015) (HSWA) applies when people access land for recreation. This policy clarification explains our view on the responsibilities of the PCBU and visitors, and how we'll manage and respond to related concerns.

Our regulatory approach (PDF 214 KB)

TYPE:   Policy
TOPIC:   Corporate

This policy sets out how we carry out our main role as the primary work health and safety regulator. Its purpose is to be transparent about how we
make decisions to intervene, and to guide our practice to be consistent and proportionate.

 
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How to use the quantity-ratio sum (QRS) to work out whether a workplace requires a ‘hazardous substance location’ (HSL) or a location compliance certificate (LCC) (PDF 592 KB)

TYPE:   Quick guide
TOPIC:   Chemicals, Hazardous substances, Hazardous substances - insecticides, Health and safety at work

This guidance is for a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU). It is for PCBUs that want to work out, based on the hazardous substances they use, make or hold: whether their workplace requires a ‘hazardous substance location’ (HSL), or whether they will need a location compliance certificate (LCC).