Northern Territory Numbered Acts

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2007 (NO 31 OF 2007) - SECT 45

    (1)     An employer with a workforce of at least 20 workers at a particular workplace must, if requested by a majority of the workers or a health and safety representative, establish a health and safety committee for the workplace within 3 weeks of the date of the request.

    (2)     A health and safety committee will consist of:

    (a)     workers working at the workplace elected by the workers working at the workplace; and

    (b)     if there is a health and safety representative for the workplace – the health and safety representative; and

    (c)     persons appointed to the committee by the employer.

    (3)     The number of workers to be elected to the committee must be as agreed between the employer and the workers, but it must be at least equal to the number of persons appointed to the committee by the employer.

    (4)     An occupational health and safety committee must meet at least quarterly or at more frequent intervals approved by the employer.

    (5)     Subject to the regulations, an occupational health and safety committee may determine its own procedures.