Modernising Work Health and Safety laws in Western Australia

In its submission the AICD:

• Supported the introduction of the model WHS Bill 2016, or where appropriate, the model WHS Bill 2011 (where required to achieve consistency with other jurisdictions);
• Did not support the inclusion of a new “industrial manslaughter” offence into WA’s WHS laws; and
• Recommended against the removal of the ability for the regulator to make use of enforceable undertakings, in certain circumstances, as an alternative to prosecution for contraventions of WHS laws which involve a fatality.