means the holder of a public office, or a public authority, of the Commonwealth, or of a State, who or which is responsible for administering a corresponding WHS law;
corresponding WHS law means—
(a) the Dangerous Substances Act 1979; or
(b) the Explosives Act 1936; or
(c) the Fair Work Act 1994; or
(d) the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920; or
(e) the Offshore Minerals Act 2000; or
(f) the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982; or
(g) the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000; or
(h) the Petroleum Products Regulation Act 1995; or
(i) any other Act brought within the ambit of this definition by the regulations; or
(j) a law of another Australian jurisdiction corresponding, or substantially corresponding, to this Act; or
(k) a law of another Australian jurisdiction brought within the ambit of this definition by the regulations;
dangerous incident, in Part 3—see section 37;
What is a dangerous incident?
In this Part—
dangerous incident means an incident in relation to a workplace that exposes a worker or any other person to a serious risk to a person’s health or safety emanating from an immediate or imminent exposure to—
(a) an uncontrolled escape, spillage or leakage of a substance; or
(b) an uncontrolled implosion, explosion or fire; or
(c) an uncontrolled escape of gas or steam; or
(d) an uncontrolled escape of a pressurised substance; or
(e) electric shock; or
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(f) the fall or release from a height of any plant, substance or thing; or
(g) the collapse, overturning, failure or malfunction of, or damage to, any plant that is required to be authorised for use in accordance with the regulations; or
(h) the collapse or partial collapse of a structure; or
(i) the collapse or failure of an excavation or of any shoring supporting an excavation; or
(j) the inrush of water, mud or gas in workings, in an underground excavation or tunnel; or
(k) the interruption of the main system of ventilation in an underground excavation or tunnel; or
(l) any other event prescribed by the regulations,
but does not include an incident of a prescribed kind.