Health And Safety Work Act 2015

Some amendments have not yet been incorporated.

Health and safety work act 2015. Imprisonment is reserved for the most serious offences. In 2013 the independent taskforce on workplace health and safety reported that new zealand s work health and safety system was failing. Health and safety at work act 2015.

The health and safety at work act 2015 this fact sheet outlines the offences and penalties under the health and safety at work act 2015 hswa. Print download pdf 1 1mb. View whole 914kb versions and amendments.

View whole 914kb. 1 0about the health and safety at work act 2015 8 1 1 what the health and safety at work act 2015 hswa sets out to do 9 1 2 key concepts in hswa 10 1 3 so far as is reasonably practicable section 22 of hswa 11 1 4 how hswa regulations safe work instruments and guidance work together 11. Some amendments have not yet been incorporated.

The main purpose of this act is to provide for a balanced framework to secure the health and safety of workers and workplaces by a protecting workers and other persons against harm to their health safety and welfare by eliminating or minimising risks arising from work or from prescribed high risk plant. Health and safety at work act 2015 public act 2015 no 70 date of assent 4 september 2015 commencement see section 2 contents page 1 title 10 2 commencement 10 part 1 health and safety at work subpart 1 preliminary provisions 3 purpose 10 4 transitional savings and related provisions 11 subpart 2 application of act 5 application of act to. Search within this act.

The health and safety at work act 2015 hswa is a critical part of working safer the government s blueprint for improving new zealand s workplace health and safety system. Search within this act. It recognises that a well functioning health and safety system relies on participation leadership and accountability by government.

The government has set an ambitious target of at least a 25 percent reduction in workplace injuries and fatalities by 2020. Powers of entry and inspection of health and safety medical practitioners. The health and safety at work act 2015 is new zealand s workplace health and safety law.