Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) The chief executive must ensure, as far as practicable, that the conditions for doing community service work comply with requirements under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1989 in relation to the doing of the work by employees.
(2) In particular, the chief executive must ensure that arrangements for an offender do to community service work take account, as far as practicable, of the need—
(a) to secure the health, safety and welfare of the offender; and
(b) to protect people at or near community service work workplaces from risks to health or safety arising out of the activities of the offender.
(3) A regulation may provide for the
application of the Occupation Health and Safety Act 1989 in relation to
community service work, including modifications of the Act in its application
in relation to an offender doing community service work.