![]() For an amendment to the model WHS Regulations to apply in a jurisdiction, it must be made by the person who makes regulations for that jurisdiction. For an amendment to the model WHS Act apply in a jurisdiction, it must be passed by the Parliament of the jurisdiction and subsequently enacted. Amendments to the model laws do not automatically apply in a jurisdiction. The model laws are amended from time to time. It also includes a table summarising equivalent penalties in Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (2004). The maximum monetary penalties comparison table summarises a sample of monetary penalties from the model WHS Act and the jurisdictions that have adopted the model WHS Act. The model WHS Act cross-comparison table summarises the similarities and differences between the model WHS Act and the WHS Acts of the jurisdictions that have adopted the model WHS Act. This is why it is important to make sure you always consider the WHS laws that apply in your state or territory. In some instances, states and territories have also made more substantial variations. In the jurisdictions where the model laws have been implemented, each state and territory is expected to make variations to ensure the laws operate effectively in their jurisdictions. Victoria is the only jurisdiction who has not implemented the model WHS laws. On 10 November 2020, Western Australia passed a version of the model laws, which became operational on 31 March 2022. South Australia and Tasmania implemented the model WHS laws on 1 January 2013. ![]() The Commonwealth, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland implemented the model WHS laws in their jurisdiction on 1 January 2012. The Commonwealth, states and territories are responsible for implementing, regulating and enforcing WHS laws in their jurisdictions. However, they do not apply in a jurisdiction unless the jurisdiction has separately taken action to implement the laws as their own WHS laws. The model laws have been developed for implementation by all jurisdictions (that is, the Commonwealth, states and territories). Safe Work Australia is the national policy body responsible for the development and evaluation of the model WHS laws (the model laws), which are comprised of the: ![]()
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