The following guide has been developed to assist Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) and workers understand the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011. The guide has been separated into fourteen sections, with each section focusing on a specific part of the Act. Where possible each part of the new Act has been compared to the repealed Workplace Health and Safety Act.

Guide to the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (NT)

• Understanding the Act 01 - Preliminary
• Understanding the Act 02 - Health and Safety Duties
• Understanding the Act 03 - Incident Notification
• Understanding the Act 04 - Authorisations
• Understanding the Act 05 - Consultation, Representation and Participation
• Understanding the Act 06 - Discriminatory, Coercive and Misleading Conduct
• Understanding the Act 07 - Workplace Entry by WHS Entry Permit Holders
• Understanding the Act 08 - The Regulator
• Understanding the Act 09 - Securing Compliance
• Understanding the Act 10 - Enforcement Measures 
• Understanding the Act 11 - Enforceable Undertakings
• Understanding the Act 12 - Review of Decisions
• Understanding the Act 13 - Legal Proceedings
• Understanding the Act 14 - General Provisions

The following resources have been developed by Safe Work Australia to assist Australian businesses and workers understand the Model Work Health and Safety legislation.

Model Work Health and Safety Legislation

• Summary of the Model Work Health and Safety Act
• Guide to the Model Work Health and Safety Regulations

Interpretive Guidelines

• Interpretive Guideline - model Work Health and Safety Act - the meaning of 'person conducting a business or undertaking'
• Interpretive Guideline - model Work Health and Safety Act - the health and safety duty of an officer under section 27
• Interpretive Guideline - model Work Health and Safety Act - the meaning of 'reasonably practicable'

Legislative Fact Sheets

The Legislative Fact Sheet series contains information on:

• Codes of Practice
• Consultation obligations
• Health and Safety Committees
• Health and Safety Representatives
• Incident notification
• Issue resolution
• Protection from discrimination, coercion and misrepresentation
• Review of decisions
• Right of Entry
• Role of inspectors in compliance and enforcement
• Role of the regulator in compliance and enforcement
• Work health and safety duties
• First aiders

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions have been developed for the following topics:

• General questions on the model work health and safety laws
• Emergency Services
• Officers
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Training of Health and Safety Representatives
• Volunteers, Volunteer Organisations and the model WHS Act