Codes of Practice

A Code of Practice is a set of written rules respecting occupational health and safety established by either the operators/employers or by the Chief Safety Officer (CSO) for the operators/employers to adopt, approved by the CSO, which contains information in respect of occupational health and safety. Section 205.016 of the Accord Act (federal version) gives the CSO the authority to mandate that an operator establish and adopt a Code of Practice for a workplace or for transportation of employees to or from a workplace. Similarly, section 205.021 of the Accord Act (federal version) gives the CSO the authority to mandate than an employer establish and adopt a Code of Practice for a workplace in relation to a workplace under the employer’s control or any work or activity carried out at any of those workplaces. The CSO can also revise a code they impose, or require an operator or employer to revise a code it has established for itself.