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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Miscellaneous provisions - Administration - Designated agencies

191: Designated agencies

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“Prime Minister can appoint special agencies for workplace health and safety”

The Prime Minister can choose special agencies to help with health and safety at work. These agencies are picked because they know a lot about certain types of work.

When the Prime Minister picks an agency, they have to put a notice in the Gazette (which is like a government newspaper). This notice will say what kind of work the agency will look after and what powers they will have.

The agencies that can be chosen are:

  • The boss of a government department
  • A Crown entity (which is a type of government organisation)
  • The Police Commissioner
  • The Chief of Defence Force

When the Prime Minister chooses an agency, it becomes a law. You can find out more about how this works in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Administration: Designated agencies

191Designated agencies

  1. The Prime Minister may designate an agency listed in subsection (3) as a designated agency, having regard to the specialist knowledge of that agency.

  2. A designation under subsection (1) must be made by notice in the Gazette and must specify the scope of the designated agency's role (scope of designation) by reference to—

  3. a particular industry, sector, or type of work or circumstance; and
    1. the functions or powers (or both) of the regulator under this Act, or any other enactment, that the designated agency may perform or exercise in respect of the particular industry, sector, or type of work or circumstance.

      1. The agencies are—

      2. the chief executive of a department or departmental agency (within the meaning of section 5 of the Public Service Act 2020):
        1. a Crown entity (within the meaning of section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004):
          1. the Commissioner of Police:
            1. the Chief of Defence Force.

              1. A designation under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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              Notes
              • Section 191(3)(a): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
              • Section 191(4): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).