❓ Hon Giz Watson asks whether the WA government will legislate the NOHSC guidance note on environmental tobacco smoke. Hon Kim Chance responds that WA will use the guidance note to update its own materials but will not make it mandatory due to its non-prescriptive nature.
AnsweredQoN 1372Legislative Council
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I refer to the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission “Guidance Note on the Elimination of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace”. This guidance note was endorsed by NOHSC at its sixty-sixth meeting on 15 October 2003. (1) Will the Western Australian Government be making the NOHSC “Guidance Note on the Elimination of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace” mandatory by passing specific legislation or making amendments to the WA Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984? (2) If not, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE
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(1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
(1) Will the Western Australian Government be making the NOHSC “Guidance Note on the Elimination of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace” mandatory by passing specific legislation or making amendments to the WA Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984? (2) If not, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
(2) If not, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
(1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
(1) Will the Western Australian Government be making the NOHSC “Guidance Note on the Elimination of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace” mandatory by passing specific legislation or making amendments to the WA Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984? (2) If not, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
(2) If not, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
(1)-(2) Western Australia endorsed the NOHSC guidance note at the sixty-sixth meeting of NOHSC. The NOHSC guidance note will be used to assist with updating Western Australian guidance material and developing appropriate strategies for Western Australia. It is not appropriate to make this guidance note mandatory because the language and style of the document are designed to provide guidance, not prescription.
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