Western Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2020 - SECT 75

75 .         Health and safety committees

        (1)         The person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must establish a health and safety committee for the business or undertaking or part of the business or undertaking —

            (a)         within 2 months after the day on which the person is requested to do so by —

                  (i)         a health and safety representative for a work group of workers carrying out work at that workplace; or

                  (ii)         5 or more workers at that workplace;

                or

            (b)         if required by the regulations to do so, within the time prescribed by the regulations.

        Penalty for this subsection:

            (a)         for an individual, a fine of $5 500;

            (b)         for a body corporate, a fine of $30 000.

        (2)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace may establish a health and safety committee for the workplace or part of the workplace on the person’s own initiative.

        Note for this section:

                If a health and safety committee is not required to be established, other consultation procedures can be established for a workplace — see Division 2 of this Part.