Legislation

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011
• Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011
• Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011 
• Safety in Recreational Water Activities Regulation 2011
• Electrical Safety Act 2002
• Electrical Safety Regulation 2013

Codes of practice

A code of practice provides practical guidance for people who have work health and safety duties.

• View codes of practice

Forms

• Form 71 Request for Work Health and Safety Prosecutor (WHSP) to commence a prosecution (PDF, 130KB)

Requests made to the Work Health and Safety Prosecutor that a prosecution be brought are made under the following (the Acts): 

• section 231 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (including in relation to the Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011)
• section 186A of the Electrical Safety Act 2002.

Written guidelines

• Advice function and the decision to charge (PDF, 171KB)
• Disclosure (PDF, 233KB)
• Annexure to Disclosure Guideline 2/2019 (PDF, 209KB)

Reports to the Minister

The Work Health and Safety Prosecutor is required to report to the Minister each year on the performance of his functions under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. The inaugural report is due to be furnished to the Minister in 2019.  

• OWHSP Annual Report 2018–19 (PDF, 4.8MB)

Other

• OWHSP 2020–21 Business Plan (PDF, 387KB)