OHS CODES OF PRACTICE
Codes of Practice are adopted under Section 206 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989. They set a minimum standard for management of health and safety issues for specific topics.
The following are available from ACT WorkCover.
Topic |
Title |
Amenities - Construction Industry |
ACT Construction Industry Amenities Code of Practice (Commenced 28 August 1998) |
Cash in Transit |
Code of Practice for the Transport and Delivery of Cash (Commenced 19 August 2003) |
Demolition |
Safe Demolition Work Code of Practice (3rd Revised Edition) (Current edition commenced 23 November 2000) |
First Aid |
ACT First Aid in the Workplace Code of Practice (2nd Revised Edition) (Current edition commenced 1 July 2006) |
Manual Handling |
ACT Manual Handling Code of Practice (Revised Edition) (Current Edition commenced February 1999) |
Sex Industry |
ACT Sexual Services Industry Code of Practice (Current edition commenced 17 May 2005) |
Steel Construction |
Code of Practice for Steel Construction (Commenced 26 March 1997) |
Working on Roofs |
Safe Working on Roofs Part 1 - ACT Code of Practice (Commenced 5 December 1997) |
Working on Roofs |
Safe Working on Roofs Part 2 - ACT Code of Practice (Commenced 28 July 1999) |
The following are available from the Office of the Australian Compensation Council or Australian Government Publications.
See also the following Codes of Practice for the ACT that have been adopted under the Dangerous Substances Act 2004.
Asbestos |
National Code of Practice for the Safe Removal of Asbestos (2nd Edition) [NOHSC:2002 (2005)] (Current Edition commenced 1 May 2006) |
Hazardous Substances |
National Model Regulations for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances [NOHSC:1005(1994)] (Commenced 24 April 1995) |
Hazardous Substances |
National Code of Practice for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances [NOHSC:2007(1994)] (Commenced 24 April 1995) |
Hazardous Substances |
National Code of Practice for the Preparation of Material Safety Data Sheets [NOHSC:2011(2003)] (Current Edition commenced 19 July 2006) |
Hazardous Substances |
National Code of Practice for the Labelling of Workplace Substances [NOHSC:2012(1994)] (Commenced 24 April 1995) |

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