Appendix A – The compliance framework

Sets out the key principles, duties and rights in relation to occupational health and safety.
 

• Specify the way in which a duty imposed by the OHS Act must be performed.
• Prescribe procedural or administrative matters to support the OHS Act. For example, requiring licences for specific activities, the keeping of records or giving notice.
   

Provide practical advice to duty holders. If a person complies with a provision of a compliance code, they are deemed to comply with the OHS legislative duty covered by the code provision. However, compliance codes are not mandatory, and a duty holder may choose to use some other way to achieve compliance.
 

Guidelines made under section 12 of the OHS Act that state how WorkSafe will:

• apply the OHS Act or OHS Regulations
• exercise discretion under a provision of the OHS Act or OHS Regulations.

WorkSafe positions are intended to provide certainty to duty holders and other affected parties.
 

Includes information published by WorkSafe aimed at building people’s knowledge and awareness of:

• OHS issues
• risks to health and safety
• the disciplines and techniques that can be applied to manage and control risks.

Non-statutory guidance is not mandatory, nor does it provide any deemed to comply outcomes for duty holders. This guidance does, however, form part of the state of knowledge about OHS.