BTX3991 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Supreme Court Of Victoria, Indictable Offence, World Of A Song Of Ice And Fire

• School: Monash Caulfield
• Department: Business Law and Taxation
• Course: BTX3991
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Vic not harmonised with the federal workplace health and safety act. Vic regulated by the occupational health and safety act 2004. Worksafe vic is the agency responsible for securing compliance with the ohs act the compliance framework. Under s 27(2)(c) of the fw a(cid:272)t, (cid:858)o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374)al health a(cid:374)d safet(cid:455)(cid:859) is o(cid:374)e of the (cid:373)atte(cid:396)s o(cid:374) whi(cid:272)h state a(cid:374)d territory laws may still apply to national system employers and employees. Section 21(3) essentially extends the duty on an employer in s 21(2) and (3) to also apply to independent contractors engaged by an employer and any employees of the independent contractor. S 20 of the act makes clear that a duty imposed on a person is to: To eliminate risks to health and safety so far as is reasonably practicable; and. If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety, to reduce those risks so far as is reasonably practicable.