South Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2012 - SECT 80

80—Parties to an issue

        (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 one 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.