Name: Western Australian WHS Act 2020 — Complete Reference
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Western Australian WHS Act 2020 — Complete Reference

Complete Western Australian Work Health and Safety Act 2020 reference. Use this skill whenever generating WHS compliance content that requires reference to the WA Act's duty provisions, offence categories, penalties, incident notification requirements, consultation obligations, inspector powers, or enforcement measures. Covers all parts of the WHS Act 2020 (WA) from preliminary definitions through to transitional provisions and schedules. Trigger on any mention of WA primary duty of care, PCBU obligations, officer duties, worker duties, industrial manslaughter, notifiable incidents, serious injury or illness, dangerous incidents, improvement notices, prohibition notices, health and safety representatives, codes of practice, WHS penalties, WorkSafe WA, or any other matter governed by the WA WHS Act.

teddychenfeiyang-png1 estrellas6 mar 2026

Ocupación
Categorías: Inmobiliaria y Legal

Purpose

This skill provides the complete verified text of the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA), extracted directly from the official Western Australian legislation. It ensures Claude cites accurate section numbers, provisions, and requirements when producing occupational hygiene reports, compliance analyses, duty analyses, and WHS documentation.

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 2020 (WA)" 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.

Western Australian WHS Act 2020 — 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 2020 (WA)" 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 1–12A

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

parts/pt02-duties.md

Part 2 — Health and Safety Duties

ss 13–34; s 30A

Primary duty of care (s 19), duty of persons managing/controlling workplaces (s 20), design/manufacture/supply duties (ss 22–26), officer duties (s 27), worker duties (s 28), offence categories 1–3 and penalties (ss 31–33), industrial manslaughter (s 30A)

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 40–45C

Meaning of authorised, requirements for authorisation of workplaces, plant, substances, work

parts/pt05-consultation.md

Part 5 — Consultation, Representation and Participation

ss 46–103

Duty to consult workers (s 47), nature of consultation (s 48), when consultation required (s 49), HSR election/powers/functions, health and safety committees, issue resolution, right to cease unsafe work (ss 84–88), provisional improvement notices

parts/pt06-discriminatory-conduct.md

Part 6 — Discriminatory, Coercive and Misleading Conduct

ss 105–115

Prohibition on adverse action for WHS reasons, civil remedies

parts/pt08-regulator.md

Part 8 — The Regulator

ss 152–155C

Functions and powers of the WorkSafe Commissioner, information gathering, delegation

parts/pt09-compliance.md

Part 9 — Securing Compliance

ss 156–190

Appointment and identification of inspectors, inspector powers, entry powers, offences relating to inspectors

parts/pt10-enforcement.md

Part 10 — Enforcement Measures

ss 191–215

Improvement notices, prohibition notices, non-disturbance notices, remedial action

parts/pt11-undertakings.md

Part 11 — Enforceable Undertakings

ss 216–222

WHS undertakings — acceptance, contravention, withdrawal

parts/pt12-review.md

Part 12 — Review of Decisions

ss 223–229B

Internal review, external review by WHS Tribunal/court

parts/pt13-legal-proceedings.md

Part 13 — Legal Proceedings

ss 230–267

Prosecutions, limitation periods, sentencing, adverse publicity orders, WHS civil penalty provisions

parts/pt14-general.md

Part 14 — General

ss 269–277

Codes of practice (s 274), approved forms, regulation-making power, review of Act

parts/pt15-repeals.md

Part 15 — Repeals and Consequential Amendments

ss 279–372

Repeal of OSH Act, Mines Safety Act, petroleum legislation, transitional arrangements for regulations

parts/pt16-transitional.md

Part 16 — Transitional Provisions

ss 374–425

Application of Interpretation Act, transitional provisions for various bodies and instruments

parts/schedules.md

Schedules 1–2

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Schedule 1 (WorkSafe Commissioner, Chief Inspectors, WHS Commission, Mining and Petroleum Advisory Committee, WHS Tribunal), Schedule 2 (regulation-making powers)

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), s 30A (industrial manslaughter)
Incident notification	Part 3	ss 35–39
Consultation obligations	Part 5	ss 46–49
HSR powers and functions	Part 5	ss 50–79
Right to cease unsafe work	Part 5	ss 84–88
Inspector powers / notices	Parts 9–10	ss 156–190 (appointment, powers, entry), ss 191–215 (improvement/prohibition notices)
Codes of practice (legal status)	Part 14	s 274 (approval)
Definitions / dictionary	Part 1	ss 4–8, Schedule 1
Reasonably practicable	Part 2	s 18
Industrial manslaughter	Part 2	s 30A

Western Australian WHS Act 2020 — Complete Reference

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Western Australian WHS Act 2020 — Complete Reference

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