#13561
den19dy
Flatchatter

    From 1/1/12 in NSW assuming  the draft Workplace Health and Safety Act and regulations (this will replace NSW current OHS act and regs) is approved then strata schemes in most instances will not be subject to these laws as per below:

     

       1.1.7   Meaning of person conducting a business or undertaking—persons excluded

                    (1)  For the purposes of section 5(6) of the Act, a strata title body corporate that is responsible for any common areas used only for residential purposes may be taken not to be a person conducting a business or undertaking in relation to those premises. 

                    (2)  Subregulation (1) does not apply if the strata title body corporate engages any worker as an employee.

                    (3)  In this regulation, strata title body corporate means [………………..].