Name: Tasmanian WHS Act 2012 — Complete Reference
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Tasmanian WHS Act 2012 — Complete Reference

Complete Tasmanian Work Health and Safety Act 2012 reference (safetysure-tas-regulatory copy). Use this skill when the user asks about Tasmanian WHS duties, PCBU obligations, officer duties, incident notification, or WHS penalties in Tasmania — or when an action skill in the TAS project context needs verified legislative text. For the canonical multi-jurisdiction version, see safetysure-whs-legislation:whs-act-checker-tas.

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Ocupación
Categorías: Inmobiliaria y Legal

Purpose

This skill provides the complete verified text of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas), extracted directly from the official Tasmanian legislation (current as at 1 July 2025). It ensures Claude cites accurate section numbers, provisions, and requirements when producing WHS compliance analyses, duty analyses, management system documentation, and other WHS content for Tasmanian operations.

Critical Rules

Only cite provisions that appear in the part files. Never fabricate or assume section numbers or content.
Citation format: Use "s [number]" for individual sections, e.g. "s 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas)" or "ss 35–39" for a range.
Use conservative, factual language when describing legislative obligations. Avoid subjective terms — describe what the Act requires in objective terms.
Always use Australian English spelling (e.g. behaviour, organisation, colour, defence, licence [noun]).
If a provision cannot be located in these files, state that the specific section should be verified against the current legislation and indicate which Part it is likely found in.

Tasmanian WHS Act 2012 — Complete Reference

teddychenfeiyang-png1 estrellas6 mar 2026

Ocupación
Categorías: Inmobiliaria y Legal

Purpose

Critical Rules

Only cite provisions that appear in the part files. Never fabricate or assume section numbers or content.

Citation format: Use "s [number]" for individual sections, e.g. "s 19 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas)" or "ss 35–39" for a range.

Use conservative, factual language when describing legislative obligations. Avoid subjective terms — describe what the Act requires in objective terms.

Always use Australian English spelling (e.g. behaviour, organisation, colour, defence, licence [noun]).

If a provision cannot be located in these files, state that the specific section should be verified against the current legislation and indicate which Part it is likely found in.

File

Part

Key Sections

When to Read

parts/pt01-preliminary.md

Part 1 — Preliminary

ss 1–12

Definitions (worker, PCBU, workplace, supply), object of Act, application, Act binds the Crown

parts/pt02-duties.md

Part 2 — Health and Safety Duties

ss 13–34

Primary duty of care (s 19), duty re management/control of workplaces (s 20), fixtures/fittings/plant (s 21), design/manufacture/supply duties (ss 22–26), officer duties (s 27), worker duties (s 28), other persons (s 29), industrial manslaughter (ss 29A–29D), offence categories 1–3 and penalties (ss 31–33)

parts/pt03-incident-notification.md

Part 3 — Incident Notification

ss 35–39

Notifiable incidents (s 35), serious injury or illness (s 36), dangerous incidents (s 37), duty to notify (s 38), duty to preserve incident sites (s 39)

parts/pt04-authorisations.md

Part 4 — Authorisations

ss 40–45

Meaning of authorised, requirements for authorisation of workplaces, plant, substance, work, prescribed qualifications

parts/pt05-consultation.md

Part 5 — Consultation, Representation and Participation

ss 46–103

Duty to consult duty holders (s 46), duty to consult workers (s 47), nature of consultation (s 48), when consultation required (s 49), HSR election/powers/functions (ss 50–74), health and safety committees (ss 75–79), issue resolution (ss 80–82), right to cease unsafe work (ss 83–89), provisional improvement notices (ss 90–102), prisoners exclusion (s 103)

parts/pt06-discriminatory-conduct.md

Part 6 — Discriminatory, Coercive and Misleading Conduct

ss 104–115

Prohibition on adverse action for WHS reasons, criminal and civil proceedings, remedies

parts/pt07-workplace-entry.md

Part 7 — Workplace Entry by WHS Entry Permit Holders

ss 116–151

Entry to inquire into contraventions, consult and advise workers, WHS entry permits, disputes, prohibitions

parts/pt08-regulator.md

Part 8 — The Regulator

ss 152–155

Functions and powers of regulator, delegation, powers to obtain information

parts/pt09-securing-compliance.md

Part 9 — Securing Compliance

ss 156–190

Inspector appointment and powers, powers of entry, search warrants, seizure, damage compensation, offences re inspectors

parts/pt10-enforcement.md

Part 10 — Enforcement Measures

ss 191–215

Improvement notices (ss 191–194), prohibition notices (ss 195–197), non-disturbance notices (ss 198–201), general notice requirements (ss 202–210), remedial action (ss 211–213), injunctions (ss 214–215)

parts/pt11-undertakings.md

Part 11 — Enforceable Undertakings

ss 216–222

WHS undertakings — acceptance, enforceability, compliance, contravention, withdrawal

parts/pt12-review.md

Part 12 — Review of Decisions

ss 223–229

Reviewable decisions, internal review, external review

parts/pt13-legal-proceedings.md

Part 13 — Legal Proceedings

ss 230–267

Prosecutions, limitation periods, sentencing, adverse publicity orders, infringement notices, WHS civil penalty provisions, the Crown, public authorities

parts/pt14-general.md

Part 14 — General

ss 268–277

General provisions (false information, confidentiality, no contracting out), approved codes of practice (ss 274–275), regulation-making powers, administration

parts/schedules.md

Schedules 1–3

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Schedule 1 (application to dangerous goods and high risk plant), Schedule 2 (local tripartite consultation, WorkCover Tasmania Board), Schedule 3 (regulation-making powers)

Tasmanian WHS Act 2012 — Complete Reference

Purpose

Critical Rules

Tasmanian WHS Act 2012 — Complete Reference

Purpose

Critical Rules

Part Index

Workflow

Common Query Routing

Key Differences from Queensland WHS Act 2011

Version Information

Feishu Perm

Logistics Exception Management

Review

Employment Contract Templates

On-Call Handoff Patterns

Advogado Criminal

Query Topic	Primary Part(s)	Key Sections
PCBU duty of care	Part 2	s 19 (primary duty), s 17 (management of risks), s 18 (reasonably practicable)
Officer due diligence	Part 2	s 27
Worker obligations	Part 2	s 28
Penalties / offence categories	Part 2	ss 31–33 (Cat 1–3), ss 29A–29D (industrial manslaughter)
Incident notification	Part 3	ss 35–39
Consultation obligations	Part 5	ss 46–49
HSR powers and functions	Part 5	ss 50–74
Health and safety committees	Part 5	ss 75–79
Right to cease unsafe work	Part 5	ss 83–89
Provisional improvement notices	Part 5	ss 90–102
Inspector powers / notices	Part 9	ss 156–190
Improvement notices	Part 10	ss 191–194
Prohibition notices	Part 10	ss 195–197
Codes of practice (legal status)	Part 14	ss 274–275
Definitions / interpretation	Part 1	ss 4–9
Reasonably practicable	Part 2	s 18
Industrial manslaughter	Part 2	ss 29A–29D