Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011

The main object of this Act is to ensure the health and safety of persons to whom recreational water activities are provided by a person conducting a business or undertaking by—

protecting the persons against harm to their health, safety and welfare through the elimination or minimisation of risks arising from the provision to them of recreational water activities; and

promoting the provision of advice, information, education and training for health and safety in relation to the provision of the recreational water activities; and

securing compliance with this Act through effective and appropriate compliance and enforcement measures; and

ensuring appropriate scrutiny and review of actions taken by persons exercising powers and performing functions under this Act; and

providing a framework for continuous improvement and progressively higher standards of health and safety in relation to the provision of the recreational water activities.

In furthering subsection (1)(a), regard must be had to the principle that persons should be given the highest level of protection as is reasonably practicable against harm to their health, safety and welfare from hazards and risks arising from the provision of recreational water activities.

This Act operates in conjunction with the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and for that purpose substantial provisions are adopted from that Act and this Act makes provision for the relationship between this Act and that Act.