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Session 2 - BSBWHS401 Guidance

Compliance Codes

What are compliance codes?

Compliance codes and Codes of practice provide practical guidance to those who have duties or obligations under occupational health and safety, dangerous goods and workers compensation legislation.

If you comply with a code, you are deemed to comply with the Act or Regulation duty covered by the code. However, codes are not mandatory and duty holders may choose to use some other way to achieve compliance.

On 18 June 2017 the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007 were repealed and replaced by the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017.

Note: On 18 June 2017 the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007 were repealed and replaced by the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2017. Complying with a compliance code made in relation to the old regulations may not necessarily mean compliance with a duty under the new regulations. 
From: https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/compliance-codes-and-codes-practice

Information about the review


https://consultation.worksafe.vic.gov.au/Compliance-Codes

https://consultation.worksafe.vic.gov.au/Compliance-Codes/faqs

Summary of changes

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/resources/occupational-health-and-safety-regulations-2017-summary-changes

Compliance Code details


  • Communicating occupational health & safety across languages, 2008
  • Confined spaces, 2018
  • Demolition, 2018 
  • Excavation, 2018 
  • Facilities in construction, 2018 (previously the Building and Construction Workplaces Code of Practice, 1990)
  • First Aid in the workplace, 2008
  • Foundries, 2008
  • Hazardous manual handling, 2018  (previously the Manual Handling Code of Practice, 2000)
  • Hazardous Substances, 2018
  • Managing asbestos in workplaces 2018
  • Removing asbestos in workplaces 2018
  • Noise, 2018 (a new code based on Your health and safety guide to noise, 2007, and the Guide for assessing and fixing noise problems and work, 2005)
  • Plant, 2018 (previously the Plant Code of Practice, 1995)
  • Prevention of falls in housing construction 2018
  • Prevention of falls in general construction 2018
  • Workplace amenities and work environment, 2008

http://www.ohsrep.org.au/law-rights/ohs-legislation/compliance-codes

http://www.complianceohs.com.au/single-post/2018/03/27/New-OHS-Compliance-Codes-Published-in-VIC

https://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/compliance-codes-and-codes-practice

Class Activity

Which compliance codes relate to working in a library and/or the education sector? What does library management need to do to comply with them?


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