Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 102B

102B Notice of dispute may be given to commission

(1) A party to the dispute may give the industrial registrar written notice of the dispute.

(2) The notice must state each of the following matters—

(a) the names of the parties to the dispute;

(b) the workplace where the dispute exists;

(c) the WHS matter the subject of the dispute;

(d) if, under this part, an inspector has been appointed to assist the parties reach an agreement or resolve the dispute—whether a decision made by the inspector to exercise, or not to exercise, compliance powers under part 10 is subject to review under part 12 .

(3) On receiving the notice, the industrial registrar must immediately publish it on the QIRC website within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 .

(4) If a relevant union for a worker affected by the WHS matter is not named as a party to the dispute in the notice, the union may notify the industrial registrar, in writing, that the union wants to participate in the resolution of the dispute.

(5) A relevant union that gives notice under subsection (4) is taken to be a party to the dispute for the purposes of this division.