National OHS Compliance and Enforcement Policy
The purpose of the National OHS Compliance and Enforcement Policy is to assist workplace health and safety authorities to adopt a consistent enforcement effort that is effective (in terms of reducing the incidence of work related injury and disease) and efficient in achieving compliance while also maintaining community confidence that the laws are being administered fairly and consistently.
This policy operates to support the achievement of the national targets established in the National OHS Strategy 2002-2012.
The policy will guide workplace safety jurisdictions to target compliance and enforcement strategies to address the national priorities of:
- reducing high incidence and severity risks
- improving the capacity of business operators and workers to manage OHS effectively
- preventing occupational disease more effectively
- eliminating hazards at the design stage
- strengthening the capacity of government to influence OHS outcomes.