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Department of Justice and Community Safety

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.

Confined Spaces

Safe Working in a Confined Space AS2865-1995/ [NOHSC:1009(1994)] (Commenced 24 April 1995)

Construction

National Standard for Construction Work [NOHSC:1016 (2005)]  (Commenced 15 February 2008)

Hazardous Substances

Exposure Standards for Atmospheric Contaminants in the Occupational Environment [NOHSC:1003(1995)] (with the exception of chrysotile @ 0.1 fibre/mL) (Commenced 5 November 1996) 
{Refer also to the following database Hazardous Substances Information System (HSIS) for access to additional information}

Human Immuno-deficiency Virus and Hepatitis B

National Code of Practice for Health Care Workers and Other People at Risk of the Transmission of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus and Hepatitis B in the Workplace (HIV & Hep B) [NOHSC:2010(1993)] (Commenced 22 June 1994)

Inorganic Lead

National Standard for the Control of Inorganic Lead at Work [NOHSC:1012(1994)] and Code of Practice for the Control and Safe Use of Inorganic Lead at Work [NOHSC:2015(1994)] (Commenced 12 January 1995)

Ionising Radiation

National Standard for limiting occupational exposure to ionising radiation [NOHSC:1013(1995)] (Commenced 3 January 1996)

Noise and Hearing Protection

National Standard for Occupational Noise [NOHSC:1007 (2000)] and National Code of Practice for Noise Management and Protection of Hearing at Work [NOHSC:2009(2004)] (Commenced 17 August 2004 replacing earlier editions which commenced 14 January 1994)

Occupational Overuse Syndrome

National Code of Practice for the Prevention of Occupational Overuse Syndrome [NOHSC:2013(1994)] (Commenced 28 June 1994)

Plant

National Standard for Plant [NOHSC:1010(1994)] (Commenced 12 January 1995)

Synthetic Mineral Fibres

National Standard for Synthetic Mineral Fibres [NOHSC:1004(1990)] and National Code of Practice for the Safe use of Synthetic Mineral Fibres [NOHSC:2006 (1990)] (Commenced 19 February 1992)

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)