HSW Act Select Committee Delay

The government's select committee has delayed the release of their recommendations on the HSW Act and this means that the enactment of the HSW Act will be pushed back:

•             report back from Select Committee now expected by end of May (originally 31 March)

•             2 or 3 months for the passage of the Bill through the remainder of the parliamentary process

•             final effective time frame anticipated to be early 2016 subject to above

http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/sc/details/transport-industrial-relations/00DBHOH_BBSC_SCTIR_1/business-before-the-transport-and-industrial-relations

 

Regulations Exposure Draft Release

 

MBIE has released the first exposure drafts of the proposed first wave of regulations for public consultation. The links to the drafts and cabinet papers can be found below:

 

http://www.mbie.govt.nz/what-we-do/workplace-health-and-safety-reform/development-of-regulations-to-support-the-new-health-and-safety-at-work-act

 

http://www.mbie.govt.nz/what-we-do/workplace-health-and-safety-reform/development-of-regulations-to-support-the-new-health-and-safety-at-work-act/exposure-drafts-of-phase-one-regulations