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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ( GENERAL ) REGULATIONS 2022 - REG 21

21 .         Training for health and safety representatives

        (1)         For the purposes of section 72(1) of the Act, a health and safety representative is required to attend the following courses of training in work health and safety —

            (a)         an initial course of training of up to 5 days;

            (b)         up to 1 day’s refresher training each year, with the requirement to attend the first refresher training commencing 1 year after the initial training.

        (2)         In approving a course of training in work health and safety for the purposes of section 72(1) of the Act, the Work Health and Safety Commission may have regard to any relevant matters, including —

            (a)         the content and quality of the curriculum, including its relevance to the powers and functions of a health and safety representative; and

            (b)         the qualifications, knowledge and experience of the person who is to provide the course.

        Notes for this regulation:

        1.         This regulation prescribes courses of training which a health and safety representative is required to attend. In addition to these courses, the health and safety representative and the person conducting the business or undertaking may agree that the representative will attend or receive further training.

        2.         Under the Interpretation Act 1984 section 50(2)(c), the power to approve a course of training includes a power to withdraw the approval.



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