Safe Work Australia has confirmed that the draft model Work Health and Safety Regulations and priority model Codes of Practice will be released for comment in December.
The public consultation period will last for four months, before a final "Regulations package" is handed to the Workplace Relations Ministers' Council for approval, most likely in June 2011.
Drafting the Regulations has reportedly been complicated and laborious, with Work Cover NSW health and safety boss John Watson - who represents NSW on the Safe Work Australia Council Strategic Issues Group - describing the process at the recent Safety Conference in Sydney as akin to removing your own teeth with a pair of pliers.
Watson implored all stakeholders to comment on the draft Regulations and Codes.
The OHS harmonization process was thrown into turmoil in October, with NSW Premier Kristina Keneally threatening to withdraw if the State could not retain union-led prosecutions and reverse-onus laws
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