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SWMS templates for Tasmania

Tasmania adopted the model laws as the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas) and remade its regulations as the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022 (Tas). A Tasmanian document should cite the 2022 regulations, not the 2012 ones they replaced, and should route an electric shock to TasNetworks as well as to WorkSafe Tasmania.

The law in Tasmania

What a TAS safe work method statement must get right

Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas) · Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022 (Tas)

High risk construction work

The 18 categories of the model law, from a fall of more than 2 metres to diving work.

When a SWMS is required

Before high risk construction work starts, developed with the workers involved, and kept accessible on site for the duration of the work.

Fall and trench thresholds

A fall of more than 2 metres, and a shaft or trench deeper than 1.5 metres, are among the 18 high risk construction work triggers.

Notifiable incidents

WorkSafe Tasmania on 1300 366 322. An electric shock is also reported to TasNetworks on 132 004.

Regulations

The Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022 (Tas) replaced the 2012 regulations; documents citing the 2012 regulations are out of date.

What the TAS version of every template carries

• Cites the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas) and the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2022 (Tas).
• Names WorkSafe Tasmania with 1300 366 322 for notifiable incidents, and TasNetworks on 132 004 for electric shocks.
• References the Tasmanian codes of practice by name.

TAS questions