Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2006
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2006
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Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2006
Reprint as at 4 April 2016
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2006
Public Act |
2006 No 72 |
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Date of assent |
4 December 2006 |
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Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2006: repealed, on 4 April 2016, pursuant to section 231(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70).
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint. See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2006.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
4 Recording and notification of accidents and serious harm
Section 25 is amended by adding the following subsection:
(4)
Notification of an accident in accordance with either or both of the following provisions is compliance with subsection (3)(a):
(a)
section 17(3) of the Gas Act 1992:
(b)
section 16(3) of the Electricity Act 1992.
5 New section 25A inserted
The following section is inserted after section 25:
25A Transfer of accident information
The Secretary must, as soon as practicable after he or she is notified of an accident under section 25, provide the notice or information that has been given to the Secretary to—
(a)
the person who must be notified of the particulars of an accident under section 17(3) of the Gas Act 1992 if the Secretary is of the opinion that section 17 of that Act applies to the accident; and
(b)
the person who must be notified of the particulars of an accident under section 16(3) of the Electricity Act 1992 if the Secretary is of the opinion that section 16 of that Act applies to the accident.
Eprint notes
1 General
This is an eprint of the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2006 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.
2 About this eprint
This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.
3 Amendments incorporated in this eprint
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (2015 No 70): section 231(1)
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Versions
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2006
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