South Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2012 - SECT 75

75—Health and safety committees

        (1)         The person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must establish a health and safety committee for the business or undertaking or part of the business or undertaking—

            (a)         within 2 months after being requested to do so by—

                  (i)         a health and safety representative for a work group of workers carrying out work at that workplace; or

                  (ii)         5 or more workers at that workplace; or

            (b)         if required by the regulations to do so, within the time prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty:

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

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

        (2)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace may establish a health and safety committee for the workplace or part of the workplace on the person's own initiative.

Note—

If a health and safety committee is not required to be established, other consultation procedures can be established for a workplace—see Division 2 of this Part.