Workplace Health and Safety Strategy for New Zealand to 2015

Rautaki mō te Haumaru me te Hauora o te Wāhi Mahi mō Aotearoa ki te 2015

Snapshot of Progress 2006/07

GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACC Accident Compensation Corporation

BusNZ Business New Zealand

CAA Civil Aviation Authority

CVIU Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit (New Zealand Police)

DHB District Health Board

DoL Department of Labour

ERMA NZ Environmental Risk Management Authority New Zealand

HRC Health Research Council

HSE Act Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992

HSNO Act Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996

ILO International Labour Organisation

IPNANZ Injury Prevention Network of Aotearoa New Zealand

IPRC Act Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001

ITO Industry training organisation

LTNZ Land Transport New Zealand

MED Ministry of Economic Development

MfE Ministry for the Environment

MNZ Maritime New Zealand (formerly Maritime Safety Authority)

MoE Ministry of Education

MoH Ministry of Health

MoT Ministry of Transport

MPIA Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

MYD Ministry of Youth Development

NGO Non-government organisation

NOHSAC National Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee

NZCTU New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

NZIPS New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy

Police New Zealand Police

SCFNZ Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand

SITO Seafood Industry Training Organisation

SMEs Small and medium-sized enterprises

SNZ Statistics New Zealand

SPARC Sport and Recreation New Zealand

TEC Tertiary Education Commission

WHO World Health Organisation

WHSS Workplace Health and Safety Strategy

WSMP Workplace Safety Management Practices