South Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2012 - SECT 150

150—Union to provide information to authorising authority

The relevant union must advise the authorising authority if—

            (a)         the WHS entry permit holder resigns from or otherwise leaves the union; or

            (b)         the WHS entry permit holder has had any entry permit granted under a corresponding WHS law, or the Fair Work Act or the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth, (no matter when in force) cancelled or suspended or if the holder is no longer eligible to exercise a right of entry under section 140 of the Fair Work Act 1994 ; or

            (c)         the union ceases to be—

                  (i)         an organisation that is registered, or taken to be registered, under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 of the Commonwealth; or

                  (ii)         an association of employees or independent contractors, or both, that is registered or recognised as such an association (however described) under the Fair Work Act 1994 .

WHS civil penalty provision.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         in the case of an individual—$5 000;

            (b)         in the case of a body corporate—$25 000.