Table of Amendments
Endnote 2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, No. 107/2004
Assent Date: | 21.12.04 |
Commencement Date: | S. 192 inserted on 21.10.20 by No. 27/2020 s. 15: s. 2 (as amended by Nos 11/2021 s. 207, 53/2021 s. 30, 11/2022 s. 10) |
Note: | S. 192 repealed Pt 16 (ss 189–192) on 26.10.22 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 2005, No. 28/2005
Assent Date: | 21.6.05 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 28, 29 on 1.7.05: s. 2(5) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Dangerous Goods and Equipment (Public Safety) Acts (Amendment) Act 2005, No. 31/2005
Assent Date: | 21.6.05 |
Commencement Date: | S. 38 on 1.7.05: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005
Assent Date: | 7.12.05 |
Commencement Date: | S. 182(Sch. 4 item 38) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Infringements (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2006, No. 32/2006
Assent Date: | 13.6.06 |
Commencement Date: | S. 94(Sch. item 36) on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1315 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Mineral Resources Development (Sustainable Development) Act 2006, No. 63/2006
Assent Date: | 29.8.06 |
Commencement Date: | S. 61(Sch. item 26) on 30.8.06: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2007, No. 28/2007
Assent Date: | 26.6.07 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. item 48) on 27.6.07: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Dangerous Goods Amendment (Transport) Act 2008, No. 66/2008
Assent Date: | 18.11.08 |
Commencement Date: | S. 32 on 1.1.09: Government Gazette 18.12.08 p. 2998 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Resources Industry Legislation Amendment Act 2009, No. 6/2009
Assent Date: | 3.3.09 |
Commencement Date: | S. 56 on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Fair Work (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2009, No. 24/2009
Assent Date: | 17.6.09 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 34, 35 on 1.7.09: Special Gazette (No. 227) 1.7.09 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Employee Protection) Act 2009, No. 34/2009
Assent Date: | 30.6.09 |
Commencement Date: | 1.7.09: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | All of Act in operation |
Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2009, No. 68/2009
Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
Commencement Date: | S. 97(Sch. item 90) on 1.1.10: Government Gazette 10.12.09 p. 3215 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009
Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
Commencement Date: | S. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 40) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2010, No. 10/2010
Assent Date: | 23.3.10 |
Commencement Date: | S. 800(Sch. 6 item 10) on 1.1.12: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Statute Law Amendment (National Health Practitioner Regulation) Act 2010, No. 13/2010
Assent Date: | 30.3.10 |
Commencement Date: | S. 51(Sch. item 39) on 1.7.10: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Sentencing Amendment (Community Correction Reform) Act 2011, No. 65/2011
Assent Date: | 22.11.11 |
Commencement Date: | S. 107(Sch. item 10) on 16.1.12: Special Gazette |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Sentencing Amendment (Abolition of Suspended Sentences and Other Matters) Act 2013, No. 32/2013
Assent Date: | 4.6.13 |
Commencement Date: | S. 44 on 5.6.13: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013, No. 67/2013
Assent Date: | 12.11.13 |
Commencement Date: | S. 649(Sch. 9 item 25) on 1.7.14: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Victoria Police Amendment (Consequential and Other Matters) Act 2014, No. 37/2014
Assent Date: | 3.6.14 |
Commencement Date: | S. 10(Sch. item 117) on 1.7.14: Special Gazette (No. 200) 24.6.14 p. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2015, No. 21/2015
Assent Date: | 16.6.15 |
Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 36) on 1.8.15: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Treasury and Finance Legislation Amendment Act 2016, No. 41/2016
Assent Date: | 28.6.16 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 5, 6 on 29.6.16: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
WorkSafe Legislation Amendment Act 2017, No. 48/2017
Assent Date: | 26.9.17 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 9, 20, 23, 24, 26 on 27.9.17: s. 2(1); ss 10–19, 21, 22, 25 on 26.10.17: Special Gazette (No. 359) 24.10.17 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018
Assent Date: | 27.2.18 |
Commencement Date: | S. 68(Sch. 2 item 91) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Treasury and Finance Legislation Amendment Act 2018, No. 49/2018
Assent Date: | 25.9.18 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 19–22 on 26.9.18: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Workplace Safety Legislation Amendment (Workplace Manslaughter and Other Matters) Act 2019, No. 50/2019
Assent Date: | 3.12.19 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 3–8 on 1.7.20: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Local Government Act 2020, No. 9/2020
Assent Date: | 24.3.20 |
Commencement Date: | S. 390(Sch. 1 item 74) on 6.4.20: Special Gazette (No. 150) 24.3.20 p. 1 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Crimes Amendment (Manslaughter and Related Offences) Act 2020, No. 16/2020
Assent Date: | 10.6.20 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 21, 22 on 1.7.20: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2020, No. 27/2020
Assent Date: | 20.10.20 |
Commencement Date: | S. 15 on 21.10.20: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Justice Legislation Amendment (System Enhancements and Other Matters) Act 2021, No. 11/2021
Assent Date: | 23.3.21 |
Commencement Date: | S. 207 on 24.3.21: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021, No. 36/2021
Assent Date: | 21.9.21 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 6, 7, 15−19, 29−32 on 22.9.21: s. 2(1); ss 4, 5 on 22.3.22: s. 2(2); s. 8 on 22.9.22: s. 2(3) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Act 2021, No. 53/2021
Assent Date: | 7.12.21 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 28−30 on 8.12.21: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Workplace Safety Legislation and Other Matters Amendment Act 2022, No. 10/2022
Assent Date: | 16.3.22 |
Commencement Date: | Ss 46–55 on 17.3.22: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Justice Legislation Amendment (Trial by Judge Alone and Other Matters) Act 2022, No. 11/2022
Assent Date: | 29.3.22 |
Commencement Date: | S. 10 on 30.3.22: s. 2 |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (WorkCover Scheme Modernisation) Act 2024, No. 8/2024
Assent Date: | 13.3.24 |
Commencement Date: | S. 31 on 31.3.24: s. 2(2) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2025, No. 27/2025
Assent Date: | 5.8.25 |
Commencement Date: | S. 56 on 6.8.25: s. 2(1) |
Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 |
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