Victorian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2017 - REG 553I

    (1)     The deputy non-government co-chairperson must act as the non-government co‑chairperson—

        (a)     during a vacancy in the office of the non-government co-chairperson; or

        (b)     during any period when—

              (i)     the non-government co‑chairperson is absent; or

              (ii)     the non-government co‑chairperson is, for any other reason, unable to perform the functions and duties of that office.

    (2)     If the deputy non-government co-chairperson is unable to perform the functions and duties of the non-government co-chairperson, the Committee may elect another committee member who is an affected person to act as the non-government co-chairperson.

    (3)     A committee member elected under subregulation (2) acts as the non-government co-chairperson for a period not exceeding 3 consecutive meetings.

    (4)     A committee member acting as the non‑government co-chairperson—

        (a)     may exercise all the powers of the non‑government co-chairperson; and

        (b)     must perform all the functions and duties of the non-government co‑chairperson.

Reg. 553J inserted by S.R. No. 106/2020 reg. 3.