Page 2510 - Week 06 - Thursday, 10 May 2012
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Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) Currently the total number of full-time equivalent employees within the ORS is 286.67.
(2) There is no specific ACT Public Service classification for ‘Regulatory Officers’. All officers contribute to the functions undertaken by ORS, which include WorkSafe ACT, registration and licensing, fair trading and road transport.
(3) The level at which ORS officers are employed is dependent on the role and duties the officer performs. The majority of officers are between the ASO 2 and SOG C level. There are also a small number of senior managers and four senior executives.
(4) The cost of employing and administering ORS personnel varies proportionate to the level of at which the officer is employed.
(5) Different sections of the ORS have varying levels of responsibility for monitoring and regulating approximately 100 different pieces of legislation, including Commonwealth legislation (please refer to Attachment A).
(6) During the last financial year 109 formal warning notices were issued in regard to fair trading matters. This includes:
• three (3) for non-compliance with the Agents Act 2003
• 13 for non-compliance with the Eggs (Labelling and Sale) Act 2001
• three (3) for non-compliance with Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992
• four (4) issued for non-compliance with the Hawkers Act 2003
• 37 for non-compliance with the Liquor Act 2010
• five (5) for non-compliance with the Smoke Free Public Places Act 2003 and the Tobacco Act 1927
• 14 for non-compliance with the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act 1977
• four (4) for non-compliance with the Roads and Public Places Act 1937
• 12 for non-compliance with the Security Industry Act 2003
• one (1) for non-compliance with Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995 and
• 13 underage cautions issued for non-compliance with the Liquor Act 2010.
WorkSafe ACT does not generally utilise formal warnings, instead statutory notices are issued. During the last financial year, 261 Improvement notices and 119 Prohibition Notices were issued. A breakdown of the industries issued with Improvement and Prohibition Notices is included in the Justice and Community Safety Directorate Annual Report for 2010/11 at page 45.
During the last financial year 13 formal statutory notices were issued in regard to workers compensation.
During the last financial year Road Transport issued four formal warnings for defective vehicles and 2,767 warning notices for parking issues.
(7) During the last financial year 58 infringement notices were issued in regard to fair trading, including:
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