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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Miscellaneous provisions - Regulations, exemptions, approved codes of practice, and safe work instruments - Codes of practice

224: Access to approved codes of practice

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“How to find and get approved workplace safety guidelines”

When the regulator approves a code of practice or makes changes to one, they will put a notice in the Gazette. This notice will tell you where you can find and buy copies of the code or the changes.

You can get the approved code of practice in two ways. First, you can read it for free on a website run by or for the regulator. Second, if you want a paper copy, you can buy one for a fair price.

The regulator has to make sure that both of these options are available to you. This way, you can choose how you want to access the information.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM5977225.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations, exemptions, approved codes of practice, and safe work instruments: Codes of practice

224Access to approved codes of practice

  1. The Gazette notice published by the regulator under section 223(1) must specify the place or places at which copies of the code of practice or amendment (as the case may be) are available for public inspection and purchase.

  2. The regulator must ensure that the approved code of practice is available—

  3. free of charge on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the regulator; and
    1. for purchase in hard copy at a reasonable charge.

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