New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - 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.