Commonwealth Numbered Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 (NO. 137, 2011) - SECT 80

             (1)  In this Division, parties , in relation to an issue, means the following:

                     (a)  the person conducting the business or undertaking or the person's representative;

                     (b)  if the issue involves more than 1 business or undertaking, the person conducting each business or undertaking or the person's representative;

                     (c)  if the worker or workers affected by the issue are in a work group, the health and safety representative for that work group or his or her representative;

                     (d)  if the worker or workers affected by the issue are not in a work group, the worker or workers or their representative.

             (2)  A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that the person's representative (if any) for the purposes of this Division:

                     (a)  is not a health and safety representative; and

                     (b)  has an appropriate level of seniority, and is sufficiently competent, to act as the person's representative.