12Consultative processes for developing health and safety policy

#### 12 Consultative processes for developing health and safety policy (1) An operator of a prescribed ship or prescribed unit must take all reasonable steps to develop a policy relating to the occupational health and safety of employees in accordance with this section. Penalty: 1,000 penalty units. (2) The policy must be developed in consultation with any involved unions in relation to the employees, and with such other persons as the operator considers appropriate. (3) The policy must: (a) enable the operator and the employees to cooperate effectively in promoting and developing measures to ensure the employees’ health, safety and welfare at work; and (b) provide adequate mechanisms for reviewing the effectiveness of the measures. (4) The policy must: (a) provide appropriate mechanisms for continuing consultations between the operator, the involved unions and the employees on occupational health and safety matters; and (b) provide for such other matters (if any) as are agreed between the operator and the involved unions.