Queensland 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 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 for which a health and safety representative has been elected—the health and safety representative or a suitable entity representing the health and safety representative;

(ca) if the worker or workers affected by the issue are in a work group for which a health and safety representative has not been elected—the worker or workers or a suitable entity representing the worker or workers;

(d) if the worker or workers affected by the issue are not in a work group, the worker or workers or their representative;

(e) if a relevant union for a worker affected by the issue notifies the person conducting the business or undertaking, in writing, that the union wants to be a party to the issue—the relevant union.

(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.