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#16-06 Health and safety at work act summary and new event management resource

Published: | Category: Technical advice note | Audiences: Road controlling authorities, Road traffic engineers & consultants, Roading contractors

The Transport Agency has commissioned legal opinion and developed a summary of the HSWA for the industry.

Publication details

  • Author:
  • Published: 27 April 2016
  • Reference: 16-06
  • Version: 4
  • ISBN/ISSN: ISBN 0-478-04701-0
  • Contact: stuart.fraser@nzta.govt.nz

Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA)

The Transport Agency has commissioned legal opinion and developed a summary of the HSWA for the industry [PDF, 295 KB].

Changes to the Code of practice for temporary traffic management (CoPTTM) will be notified via a technical note which will be available on the CoPTTM pages of the Transport Agency website by 30 April 2016.

Event management resource

The Transport Agency, in consultation with event management specialists, have developed an event management resource.

The resource includes:

  • Guidelines for temporary traffic management at events
  • Example traffic management diagrams
  • Example traffic management plan
  • Example safety plan 2016
  • Example H&S risk management register 2016

Publication details

Further information

Contact Stuart Fraser from the Highways and Network Operations Safety team at stuart.fraser@nzta.govt.nz.

Kevin Reid