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Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006

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Part 1part_0

PRELIMINARY

Section 1part_0.section_0

This Act is the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006.

Section 2part_0.section_1

Except as otherwise provided in this Act (but not the regulations), the provisions of this Act apply to all workplaces.

Section 3part_0.section_2

—(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this Act binds the Government and applies to —(a)any workplace wholly or partly owned or occupied by the Government; and(b)any premises in which any building operation or any work of engineering construction is carried on by or on behalf of the Government.(2) Nothing in this Act renders the Government liable to prosecution for an offence.(3) To avoid doubt, a person is not immune from prosecution for any offence under this Act by reason that the person is engaged to provide services to the Government.

Subsection 1part_0.section_2.subsection_2

Except as provided in subsection (2), this Act binds the Government and applies to —(a)any workplace wholly or partly owned or occupied by the Government; and(b)any premises in which any building operation or any work of engineering construction is carried on by or on behalf of the Government.

Subsection 2part_0.section_2.subsection_0

Nothing in this Act renders the Government liable to prosecution for an offence.

Subsection 3part_0.section_2.subsection_1

To avoid doubt, a person is not immune from prosecution for any offence under this Act by reason that the person is engaged to provide services to the Government.