Western Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2020 - SECT 65

65 .         Disqualification of health and safety representatives

        (1)         An application may be made to the Tribunal to disqualify a health and safety representative on the ground that the representative has —

            (a)         exercised a power or performed a function as a health and safety representative for an improper purpose; or

            (b)         used or disclosed any information that they acquired as a health and safety representative for a purpose other than in connection with the role of health and safety representative.

        (2)         The following persons may make an application under this section —

            (a)         any person adversely affected by —

                  (i)         the exercise of a power or the performance of a function referred to in subsection (1)(a); or

                  (ii)         the use or disclosure of information referred to in subsection (1)(b);

            (b)         the regulator.

        (3)         If the Tribunal is satisfied that a ground in subsection (1) is made out, the Tribunal may disqualify the health and safety representative for a specified period or indefinitely.