Northern Territory Numbered Acts

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2007 (NO 31 OF 2007) - SECT 49

The objects of this Division are as follows:

    (a)     to establish a framework that balances:

        (i)     the right of employee organisations to represent their members in matters concerning occupational health and safety, to discuss such matters with workers who are, or are eligible to become, members of the organisations and to investigate suspected contraventions of laws, affecting their members, concerning occupational health and safety; and

        (ii)     the right of employers and others to conduct their businesses without undue interference or harassment;

    (b)     to ensure that the rights conferred on representatives of employee organisations are confined to representatives who understand their rights and obligations under this Division and who are fit and proper persons to exercise those rights;

    (c)     to ensure that the rights of employers and others who could be adversely affected by misuse of those rights are clearly defined;

    (d)     to ensure that rights conferred on representatives of employee organisations under this Division are withdrawn in the event of misuse.