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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 70
General obligations of person conducting business or undertaking
70 General obligations of person conducting business or undertaking
(1) The person conducting a business or undertaking must— (a) consult, so
far as is reasonably practicable, on work health and safety matters with any
health and safety representative for a work group of workers carrying out work
for the business or undertaking; and
(b) confer with a health and safety
representative for a work group, whenever reasonably requested by the
representative, for the purpose of ensuring the health and safety of the
workers in the work group; and
(c) allow any health and safety representative
for the work group to have access to information that the person has relating
to— (i) hazards (including associated risks) at the workplace affecting
workers in the work group; and
(ii) the health and safety of the workers in
the work group; and
Note— The issue resolution procedures in division 5 ,
and the dispute resolution process in division 7A , can be used to resolve a
dispute arising in relation to paragraph (c) .
(d) with the consent of a
worker that the health and safety representative represents, allow the health
and safety representative to be present at an interview concerning work health
and safety between the worker and— (i) an inspector; or
(ii) the person
conducting the business or undertaking at that workplace or the person’s
representative; and
(e) with the consent of 1 or more workers that the health
and safety representative represents, allow the health and safety
representative to be present at an interview concerning work health and safety
between a group of workers, which includes the workers who gave the consent,
and— (i) an inspector; or
(ii) the person conducting the business or
undertaking at that workplace or the person’s representative; and
(f)
provide any resources, facilities and assistance to a health and safety
representative for the work group that are reasonably necessary or prescribed
under a regulation to enable the representative to exercise his or her powers
or perform his or her functions under this Act; and
(g) allow a person
assisting a health and safety representative for the work group to have access
to the workplace if that is necessary to enable the assistance to be provided;
and
(h) permit a health and safety representative for the work group to
accompany an inspector during an inspection of any part of the workplace where
a worker in the work group works; and
(i) provide any other assistance to the
health and safety representative for the work group that may be required under
a regulation.
Penalty— Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) The
person conducting a business or undertaking must allow a health and safety
representative to spend the time reasonably necessary to exercise his or her
powers and perform his or her functions under this Act. Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(3) Any time that a health and safety
representative spends for the purposes of exercising his or her powers or
performing his or her functions under this Act must be with the pay that he or
she would otherwise be entitled to receive for performing his or her normal
duties during that period.
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