The Code is in two parts: Guidelines to the Health and Safety in Employment Act (Sections 1 and 2) and Ministry of Education Health and Safety Code of Practice for State and State Integrated Schools (Section 3).

Table of Contents

SECTIONS 1 AND 2: GUIDELINES TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2002
Background to the Health and Safety Code of Practice
New edition of the Code
Legal basis of these Guidelines and the Code
How the Code is issued
Relationship of this document to the legislation
Format of this booklet
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992
Introduction
Purpose of the Act
Administration of the Act by OSH
Duties of employers under the Act
Hazard management
What is a hazard?
Duties in relation to hazards generally
What are practicable steps?
Hazard management in more detail
Identification of hazards
Elimination of significant hazards
Isolation of significant hazards
Minimisation of significant hazards
Note on protective clothing and equipment
Practical tips for hazard management
Boards duty to provide information, training and supervision
Who is to be protected at the school?
Boards' duties to non-employees
Employees' duties and participation
Involving employees in health and safety matters
Reasonable opportunities for employee participation
Developing an employee participation system
What should be in the participation system
Health and safety representatives
Electing health and safety representatives
The role of the health and safety representatives
Trained health and safety representatives may issue hazard notices
Employer duty to keep register of accidents
Duty not to interfere at accident scene
Employee's right to refuse to do dangerous work
Inspectors appointed by the Department of Labour
Duty to assist inspectors
Notice issued by OSH
Improvement Notices
Prohibition Notices
Infringement Notices
Appeal against Notices
Department medical practitioners
Suspension Notice
Prosecutions by inspectors
Criminal sanctions
Application of the sanctions to Boards
Partial Indemnity for Costs Relating to Prosecution
Who can help?
Appendix 1: New Zealand Gazette Notice
Appendix 2: Section 70 of the Education Act 1989
SECTION 3: THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE OF PRACTICE FOR STATE AND STATE INTEGRATED SCHOOLS
1 Application of this Code of Practice
2 Definitions
3 Access and egress
4 Cleanliness
5 Clothing storage
6 Common facilities and amenities
7 Confined spaces
8 Construction work at the school
9 Drainage of floors
10 Employment of young persons in schools
11 Equipment and apparatus
12 Falling
13 First aid facilities to be maintained in schools
14 Floors, passages and stairs
15 Hazardous substances
16 Heating
17 Laboratories
18 Lighting
19 Loads
20 Machinery
21 Meals in workplaces
22 Noise
23 Notifiable work
24 Overcrowding
25 Pits and hatchways
26 Protective clothing and equipment
27 Rest and casualty facilities
28 Sanitary conveniences and washing facilities
29 Sitting facilities
30 Storage of materials generally
31 Swimming pools
32 Tanks and other containers for liquids
33 Ventilating systems
33 Water supply
34 Acts, regulations and codes of practice concerning health and safety in schools
35 Compliance requirements
Appendix 1: New Zealand Gazette Notice
Appendix 2: Section 70 of the Education Act 1989