Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 80

    (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 1 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.