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The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations through the Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) provides this site to improve public access to information about occupational health and safety information generally. The vision of the ASCC is Australian workplaces free from injury and disease. Its mission is to lead and coordinate national efforts to prevent workplace death, injury and disease in Australia.

The information provided on this website can only assist you in the most general way. This information does not replace any statutory requirements under any relevant State and Territory legislation. The Office of the ASCC nor the Australian Firearms Explosives Regulators (AFER), accepts no liability arising from the use of or reliance on the material contained on this website, which is provided on the basis that the Office of the ASCC is not thereby engaged in rendering professional advice. Before relying on the material, users should carefully make their own assessment as to its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes, and should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.

Standards and Codes of Practice should be read in conjunction with relevant Guidance Notes.

Public Submissions

This website may contain public comment submissions received from third parties in relation to draft Standards and Codes of Practice and the draft Australian Explosives Code. The views expressed in such submissions do not necessarily reflect the considered views of the Office of the ASCC or the AFER, or indicate its commitment to a particular course of action. Copyright in such submissions vests with the author of each submission. Neither the Commonwealth nor the Department takes responsibility for, or accepts liability for, any breaches of the authors’ copyright, or for the contents of such submissions.

About Public Submissions

The submissions contain:

• Name of individual or organisation responsible for the submission. Personal details of individual submitters, except name and state or country of residence, are removed from submissions before they are published on the website.
• The date that the Australian Safety and Compensation Council received the submission.
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You should also be aware that a search conducted through the search facility may not provide you with an exhaustive list of the sources of information on the topic. Each jurisdiction has its own occupational health and safety legislation and the Office of the ASCC cannot guarantee that this website provides access to every relevant resource.

Links to other web sites are inserted for convenience and do not constitute endorsement of material at those sites, or any associated organisation, product or service. In some cases the material may incorporate or summarise views, standards or recommendations of third parties. Such material is assembled in good faith, but does not necessarily reflect the considered views of the Commonwealth, or indicate a commitment to a particular course of action.