Australian Safety and Compensation Council
ASCC
2005 – 1 November 2009
Tripartite national council of Commonwealth, state and territory, employer and union representatives that led national policy on occupational health and safety and workers' compensation, supported by an office within the Australian Government's workplace relations department.
How it came into existence
Established in 2005 by the Australian Government as a non-statutory tripartite council to replace the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, with its remit extended to workers' compensation; it took over the Commission's role when the Commission's Act was repealed on 1 January 2006, the Australian Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005 giving it power to declare national standards and codes of practice. Its secretariat, the Office of the ASCC, was part of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
Legislation: Australian Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005
Changes during its life
- 3 December 2007Portfolio responsibility passed to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
- Declaring national OHS standards and codes of practice
- OHS research and data
How it ended
Replaced on 1 November 2009 by Safe Work Australia, an independent statutory agency under the Safe Work Australia Act 2008, following the 2008 intergovernmental agreement on occupational health and safety reform.
- National WHS and workers' compensation policy
Main functions
- National OHS policy and standards development
- National workers' compensation policy
- OHS and workers' compensation research and data
- Promoting national consistency of OHS laws
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
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Sources
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