Proposed changes to the Bill made by the Select Committee include:

• Coverage of volunteers will remain the same as the provisions under the current law, ensuring volunteering is unaffected.
• Every organisation will have an obligation to have a worker participation requirement but there will be more flexibility in how to meet that requirement, particularly for small lower risk businesses. 
• Farmers’ duties will be clarified to clearly indicate where and when they do or do not extend on the farm.
• Clarification that PCBUs must fulfil their overlapping duties to the extent they have the ability to influence and control the matter.
• Officer duties will apply only to individuals who have a very senior governance role in the organisation where they exercise significant influence over the management of the business.

These changes include:

• Specifically excluding the family farmhouse from being part of the workplace.
• Changing the sentencing guidance in the Bill to require that courts must specifically consider death or the harm (both actual and potential) caused by an offence in their sentencing.
• Clarifying that a duty holder’s obligation to manage risk is limited to doing what is within their ability to control or influence. The officer’s duties will take into account the role the officer has in the business, their position and the nature of their responsibilities.

A summary of the key changes is available here.

 Source: beehive.govt.nz